You Had to Be There (song)
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| Single by Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney | ||||
| Released | May 9, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
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| Producer | Kristian Bush | |||
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| "You Had to Be There" on YouTube | ||||
"You Had to Be There" is a song by American country music singers Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney. It was released on May 9, 2025.[1] Moroney co-wrote the song with MacKenzie Carpenter, Micah Carpenter, and Ben Williams, and it was produced by Kristian Bush.[2]
"You Had to Be There" was written on December 19, 2024,[3] during a writer's retreat in Panama City, Florida, following Moroney's run as an opening act on Chesney's Sun Goes Down Tour in the summer of 2024.[4] It served as a full circle moment for the singer as she wrote the first verse as a reflection on seeing Chesney live in concert from the perspective of a fan from "nosebleed seats" in Atlanta, Georgia in 2018, and then the second verse sets up that seven years later she's now on stage performing with him.[4] Moroney personally gifted the song to Chesney, who ended up loving it, and collaborated on the track with Moroney for its release.[4]
Moroney announced the release of the song on April 30, 2025, via her social media accounts,[5] followed by posting a scrapbook of the song's original handwritten lyrics, including a response from Chesney stating: "What an amazing way to start 2025. Megan gave me the gift of music with a song she wrote about our tour together!! Nobody has ever written a song for me before. What a gift ... Love you Megan!"[3][6]