"People Loving People" Is The Garth Brooks Single You've Been Waiting For

It's the first single from his forthcoming album, to be released "hopefully somewhere around Black Friday.”

On Sept. 3, Garth Brooks released a new single to country radio, called "People Loving People."

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The single was written by busbee, Lee Thomas Miller, and Chris Wallin. According to a press release, it is expected to be up for sale on Sept. 8.

It's an unabashedly heavy-handed singalong with an easy-to-embrace message: People should love people.

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Some fans love the new single:

Heather Phillips @heathyphillips

People Loving People! Garth's still got it

03:32 PM - 03 Sep 2014

Some think it sounds like Martina McBride:

Alison Bonaguro @alisonbonaguro

Does #GarthBrooks' People Loving People remind you of @martinamcbride's Love's the Only House? Or is that just me?

02:32 PM - 03 Sep 2014

And one writer thinks it's "condescending":

Grady Smith @gradywsmith

I find the "It's just people loving people!" chorus condescending. That's not a new philosophy, and it's also not taken root in all history.

12:29 PM - 03 Sep 2014

Brooks is no stranger to message music. Way back in 1993 — that's 18 years before Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" — he was singing about gay rights, on "We Shall Be Free":

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