Kenny Chesney – You Had Me From Hello, is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in April 1999 as the second single from his 1999 album Everywhere We Go. The song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in September 1999. It was also certified gold by the RIAA. Chesney wrote this song with Skip Ewing.
In 1996, Chesney and Skip Ewing saw the movie Jerry Maguire. In one of the film’s most memorable scenes at the end of the movie, Tom Cruise’s title character gives out a heartfelt speech to Renée Zellweger’s character, Dorothy Boyd; Zellweger stops Cruise and tearfully says “You had me at ‘hello’.” Chesney liked that line and decided to write a song based on it. Chesney and Zellweger were later married for four months in 2005.
Kenny Chesney – You Had Me From Hello
From the album Everywhere We Go
B-side “Everywhere We Go”
Released April 19, 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Country
Length 3:51
Label BNA 65745
Songwriter(s) Kenny Chesney Skip Ewing
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon Norro Wilson
COUNTRYPEDIA
Kenny Chesney – You Had Me From Hello Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One word, that’s all you said
Something in your voice called me, turned my head
Your smile, just captured me
You were in my future as far as I could see
And I don’t know how it happens, but it happens still
You asked me if I love you, if I always will
[Chorus]
Well you had me from hello
I felt love start to grow
The moment I looked into your eyes you won me
It was over from the start you completely stole my heart
And now you won’t let go
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from hello
[Verse 2]
Inside I built a wall
So high around my heart, I thought I’d never fall
One touch, you brought it down
The bricks of my defenses scattered on the ground
And I swore to me I wasn’t going to love again
The last time was the last time I’d let someone in
[Chorus]
But you had me from hello
I felt love start to grow
The moment I looked into your eyes you won me
It was over from the start you completely stole my heart
And now you won’t let go
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from hello
[Outro]
That’s all you said
Something in your voice calls me, turns my head
You had me from hello
You had me from hello
Girl, I’ve loved you from hello
GENIUS
