Luke Combs, Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma | Song Review 🎵

Country singer/songwriter Luke Combs brings the heat in the in-your-face “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” from the soundtrack, Twisters: The Album.

“I keep chasing that same old devil / Down the same old dead-end highway.” Noted, Luke Combs. The Grammy-nominated country musician is awesome at recording In-your-face country music.  “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” exemplifies in-your-face country music.  The single is the first track on Twisters: The Album, the soundtrack to the 2024 film, Twisters (it’s not a reboot of the 1996 film). Focusing on the song, it was written by Combs, Jessi Alexander, and Jonathan Singleton.  Combs, Singleton, and Chip Matthew produced it with positive results.

“Riding that storm running through my veins / Like a shot down tail spun airplane.” Woo! Combs brings the heat when it comes to lead vocals.  He is assertive from the beginning.  He ‘rocks’ – in a country sort of way. Besides strong vocals, he has memorable, ear-catching melodies that favor him. Furthermore, the lyrics are memorable and tied to the theme. “I got saved in the same Red River / The same Red River tryna drown me.” Oh, Oklahoma – she’s rough, y’all! The section to beat is the chorus:

“Ain’t no love in Oklahoma

Just the whistle of a lone black train

You’ll know when it’s coming for ya

Riding in on the wind and rain.”

“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” is a soundtrack cut, but it doubles as an enjoyable, well-rounded country song that Combs could’ve easily included on his studio albums. There may be no love in Oklahoma, but I have love, or at least ‘like,’ for this song.

Twisters: The Album // Universal Studios / Atlantic // 7.19.24

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