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Last Shot

2017 single by Kip Moore

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"Last Shot" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Kip Moore. It is the second single to his third studio album Slowheart. Moore wrote the song with Dan Couch and David Lee Murphy, and produced it himself.

01Content

Moore told Sounds Like Nashville that the idea came about when writing with his frequent collaborator Dan Couch. He said that he wanted to give the song an "Aerosmith vibe", and when he started singing a melody to Couch, third writer David Lee Murphy offered the lyric "If you were my last breath, I'd just want to hold you." Upon hearing the line, Moore decided to use the concept of how "the word 'love' is used all too often" to create "an old school country love song".

02Commercial performance

The song peaked at number 6 on Country Airplay for chart dated December 8, 2018. has sold 75,000 copies in the United States as of January 2019.

03Music video

Directed by PJ Brown, the video premiered in January 2018 and features stories of four different friends, one of whom is terminally ill, who unite to have an eventful experience together before they can no longer do so. Moore himself is not present in the video at all. An alternate video, also directed by PJ Brown, features Moore performing the song inside a glass box.

04Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017-2019) Peak
position
Canada Country (Billboard) 31
US Billboard Hot 100 53
US Country Airplay (Billboard) 6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2018) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard) 56
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 69
Chart (2019) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 81

05Certifications

Certifications for Last Shot
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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