Steve Holy Narrates Story Why "Love Don't Run"

Though it's been five years since his last album, Country artist Steve Holy has returned without missing a step, scoring his fastest climbing single to date with "Love Don't Run," which has jumped to No. 22 on the country charts, the highest charting single since his 2006 No. hit "Brand New Girlfriend." As the Texan singer prepares to release his long-awaited third album of the same name on September 13, the video for the title track was just released last week on CMT and GAC.
Holy wasn't first choice to record the tune. He explained to Nashville Music Scene: " It's kind of crazy because we went into the studio to cut four songs that we had written, and the label pitched 'Love Don't Run' to me. Then it turned out, right after they gave it to me that said I couldn't cut it. They said that Ronnie Dunn has it on hold and he's cutting it. And for whatever reason, it ended up not working out for him and we ended up getting it."
Penned by tunesmiths Joe Leathers, Rachael Thibodeau and Ben Glover. Thibodeau told Taste of Country that she "wanted to write a relationship song about sticking it out when times are tough." Holy discussed the breakaway hit's meaning with straightforward lyrics: "'Love Don't Run' is basically a 3 ½ minute explanation of why love should persevere over anything and everything. And it's not just limited to any one thing or person; I think it's a universal message. At least that's what I got out of it."
Directed by Eric Welch, the video for "Love Don't Run" was filmed at a beautiful Cheekwood mansion in Nashville that was built and owned by the Maxwell House Coffee family. It shows us a sad story of a boy and girl who are fighting to be together, but have no one's approval. In the end love conquers and the two are able to be together. Holy has had a string of hits throughout his career but it seems like every five years or so that he manages to score a big hit on the charts. The 39-year-old has a very rich, emotional voice with newfound maturity, which fits extremely well with this song.