Young Love & Saturday Nights

Young Love & Saturday Nights is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Chris Young. It was released on March 22, 2024, by RCA Records Nashville. The album was produced by Young, Corey Crowder and Chris DeStefano. "Looking for You" and its title track preceded the album as singles.

Background
Young began working on the album in May 2022, with "Looking for You". Describing the album Young says that he felt like the album needed to be for him, and "It's a little louder, a little more raw. Even the stripped-down songs are heavier."

Composition
Young co-wrote all but three of the album's eighteen tracks. The album's lead single "Looking for You" was written by Young, James McNair, Emily Weisband, and Chris DeStefano with production done by DeStefano. McNair and Weisband who came up with the title of the song, began working on the it before Young and DeStefano got to it. The verses of the song mainly rely on an I-IV chord pattern, although DeStefano suggested adding an iv chord at the end of the song's title. The song was almost complete when DeStefano started working on the track. The title track, "Young Love & Saturday Nights", written by Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure and Josh Thompson, was inspired by the guitar riff of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel", and gave Bowie posthumous credit.

Release
Young Love & Saturday Nights was released on March 22, 2024, by RCA Records.

Singles
"Looking for You" was released as the lead single on January 12, 2023.

The tile track was released as the second single on October 2, 2023.

Personnel
Vocals
 * Corey Crowder – background vocals (track 2)
 * Chris DeStefano – background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8–12, 14–18)
 * Hardy – background vocals (track 12)
 * Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 5, 7)
 * Julian King – background vocals (track 7)
 * Emily Weisband – background vocals (track 1)
 * Chris Young – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (track 2)

Musicians


 * Jimmy Carter – bass (track 13)
 * Dave Cohen – organ (track 7)
 * Corey Crowder – acoustic guitar, banjo, bass (track 2)
 * Chris DeStefano – acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, piano (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18), percussion (1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18), pedal steel guitar (1), steel guitar (4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18), violin (4)
 * Kris Donegan – acoustic guitar (track 5)
 * Joel Key – acoustic guitar (track 13)
 * Julian King – percussion (track 5)
 * Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 10, 15, 16), banjo (16)
 * Tony Lucido – bass (tracks 3, 5, 7, 10, 15)
 * Chris McHugh – drums, percussion (tracks 3, 5, 10, 15, 16)
 * Miles McPherson – drums, percussion (track 7)
 * James Mitchell – electric guitar (track 13)
 * Luke Moseley – keyboards (track 5)
 * Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar (tracks 3, 10, 15, 16)
 * Danny Rader – acoustic guitar, banjo (track 7)
 * Michael Rojas – keyboards (track 13)
 * Scotty Sanders – steel guitar (track 13)
 * Justin Schipper – steel guitar (tracks 3, 10, 15)
 * Derek Wells – electric guitar (tracks 5, 7)
 * Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion (track 13)
 * Alex Wright – organ, piano, synthesizer (tracks 2, 3, 10, 15, 16)

Production


 * Adam Ayan – mastering
 * Jeff Braun – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 12, 14), programming (1, 6, 11, 12)
 * Taylor Bray – engineering assistance (tracks 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17)
 * David Cook – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 4, 10, 15, 16)
 * Corey Crowder – editing, engineering, mixing, overdub engineering (track 2); programming (2, 3, 10, 15, 16)
 * Chris DeStefano – editing (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8–12, 14, 15, 17), engineering (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18), overdub engineering (1, 3, 4, 6, 8–12, 14–18), programming (1, 10, 12, 15, 16)
 * Scott Johnson – project coordination (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18)
 * Jeff Juliano – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 8–11, 15–18)
 * Nate Juliano – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 4, 8–11, 15–18)
 * Kam Lutcherhand – engineering assistance (tracks 5, 7)
 * Julian King – editing, engineering, mixing, overdub engineering (tracks 5, 7m 13)
 * Zach Kuhlman – overdub engineering (track 2)
 * Joel McKinney – engineering assistance (track 13)
 * Alyson McPherson – project coordination (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16)
 * Buckley Miller – editing, engineering, overdub engineering (tracks 3, 10, 15, 16)
 * Taylor Pollert – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 15, 16)