Chris Young’s ‘Getting Older’ Celebrates His ‘Biggest Supporter’

Chris Young's 'Getting Older' pays tribute to a very important influence. As he was getting ready to release his new album, Young Love & Saturday Nights, he knew he wanted to include a song that was inspired by and honors a very special person in his life: his stepfather. Chris Young’s “Getting Older” accomplishes just that.

Young has had his record deal now for 18 years and there just so happened to be 18 tracks featured on his album. With that being said, "Getting Older," is a special one for him because it was written for his stepdad, who he says is his "biggest supporter" and always "in my corner." 

The singer-songwriter revealed he finds it very interesting when people say they look alike, but all jokes aside, he "really wanted to write a song for him." Young admits that he "tried a couple of times" to write the song throughout the years but "just hadn't wrapped my brain around what I wanted to say." 

Chris Young’s “Getting Older" was co-written by Dave Fenley. Johnny Clawson, and Kyle Sturrock, and as soon as he heard it, knew it was the perfect fit for his album. Once he played it for his stepfather and saw him get emotional, it was another confirmation that it was the right song. 

The entire album, while a “massive undertaking” in Young’s words, is especially important to him. "It's something that I’m really glad people get a chance to hear after I’ve had to sit down and live with it for so long. I’m still so proud.”

How does Young feel about “getting older?” He says has no problem with saying he's a "38-year-old man" because age is just a number and it's all a part of life. The country star's latest track is featured on his new album, Young Love & Saturday Nights, released on Friday (3/22). 

Chris Young has been scoring consistent number-one songs in country music since he won the Nashville Star in 2006. To date, his song chart-topping success is at eleven.

Young recently praised fellow Tennessean and country star Jelly Roll. He said of his friend's success, "I'm just not even going to talk about me because, at this point, I just want to talk about him. And how welcoming and awesome and polite and nice that guy is. And you know, he's just having such a cool run right now."

He added, "I remember talking about this music he's putting out like, I think, well over a year ago. And it's just amazing to see him having the moment he's having. "

In the same interview, Chris cited a hero of his. He said, "A female artist that has definitely influenced me from the perspective of the stage show, vocalist, performance, and just how much she has accomplished in her career that I look up to is Reba McEntire. If you make a Mount Rushmore of country music, I have a whole lot of reasons why she should be on there."

He added, "And she's just a fantastic person and a fantastic artist. Another woman in the music industry that has really had a profound impact on me, especially from a songwriting perspective, is Liz Rose (frequent Taylor Swift collaborator). I got a chance to meet her really early on in my career, and obviously, she's had so many hits, so many hits. But just being in a room with her, being able to learn from her, I feel incredibly lucky to have that opportunity, and to have someone that's that adept at songwriting help me learn and help guide me as a songwriter and an artist."

As Chris celebrates his 38th birthday today (6/12) with his latest radio single, "Looking For You," entering the Top twenty on the country charts, we countdown what we believe are his finest songs.