Cole Swindell Appreciates Support Of ‘You Should Be Here’

Cole Swindell released one of the most poignant songs of the year when he sent “You Should Be Here” to country radio. The song quickly went to the top of the charts and helped heal a lot of broken hearts.

“I’m open and just kind of wear my heart on my sleeve. Songs like this are kind of why I fell in love with country music anyways, so the opportunity to put something out that was hopefully going to be around in years,” the Georgia native tells Sounds Like Nashville.

“… I learned how very personal it was to a lot of people and I think that’s what’s helped me through the whole thing is just knowing that I’m not alone in feeling like that and just how big the country music community, the fans, everybody in the industry… it just feels like a big family and nothing means more than people supporting a song like that, that is so close to me.”

The song was co-written by Swindell and Ashley Gorley, after Gorley had a conversation with his daughter while he was out on the road. The acclaimed songwriter took the title to Swindell, who immediately clicked with the notion. “I said ‘Please let me write that with you’ and he said ‘Well that’s why I said it,’” he explained.

Watch the video above as the singer tells us more about the creation of “You Should Be Here” and what it means to have so many people relate to the song.

“You Should Be Here” is the lead single and title track from Cole Swindell’s upcoming album, set for release May 6.

Leading up to the release of the project, Swindell has partnered with the USO and now through May 31, fans can gift a digital copy of You Should Be Here to an active service member by pre-ordering an album on Cole’s official website. Click HERE for more details.