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One Number Away
One Number Away cover
Single by Luke Combs
Album This One's For You
Released January 8, 2018
Genre(s) Country
Length 3:30
Label(s) Columbia Nashville
Producer(s) The Jackie Boyz, Sammy Mitchell
This One's For You chronology
Hurricane
(5)
One Number Away
(6)
Don't Tempt Me
(7)

One Number Away is a song recorded by Luke Combs for his debut studio album, This One's For You, which was released on June 2, 2017. Combs co-wrote the song with Robert Williford, Sammy Mitchell, and Steven Battey, the latter two of whom also produced it. The song was released on January 8, 2018 as the third single from the album. The song is a country ballad about a man conflicted with not wanting to breakdown and call his ex-girlfriend. "One Number Away" reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, giving Combs his third number-one country hit overall. It also peaked at numbers three and 34 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. The song was certified 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 316,000 copies in the US as of January 2019. It achieved similar chart success in Canada, giving Combs his second number-one hit on the Canada Country chart and reaching number 87 on the Canadian Hot 100. It garnered a Platinum certification from Music Canada, denoting sales of 80,000 units in that country. An accompanying music video for the single was created by TA Films. For promotion, Combs performed the song live on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Megyn Kelly Today and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Content[]

"One Number Away" is a country ballad about a man who is feeling conflict and "struggling not to break down and call his ex".

Music video[]

The song's music video was created by TA Films. Rolling Stone described the video as "center[ing] on a broken-up couple who appear to be on the verge of reuniting, while an ominous cloud seems to hang over them both". Combs said that he wanted the song's video to be as "powerful" as the song itself.

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