This song is now in the Congressional Library, it can not be done by any other artist. This song is for the 9/11 and will always remain the way is was sung and written by Alan Jackson

In my humble opinion, this is one of the most powerful and beautifully written songs of all time!! This song was performed first less then 2 months after 9/11. In the midst of all that was going on to have the ability to articulate all those different perspectives and focus on the better parts of humanity rather the atrocities and revenge. Simply beautiful and still gives me goosebumps.

I read that Alan Jackson said he held a pen, but God wrote the song.

When this happened, Alan could not sleep. He wrote this song, first take, took him only 1 hr. Truth!!!

The weeks following that day we all stood together as americans regardless of color, race, religion, political affiliation and so on..... Americans need to love and care for each other like that at all times. Great song and great reaction

We saw him sing this a few years ago at the San Antonio Rodeo. He still gets choked up. He couldn't finish it. When everyone in the arena started singing, the band stopped and they watched as we all sang it for him. One of the most emotional concerts I've ever been to.

This is one of the greatest songs ever written...especially if you were old enough to remember when it happened. I remember exactly where I was that morning...

This is the reason I enlisted! And still proud of every single day. Ret. USCG

Alan Jackson is a composer no other word for it, no other writer can be so articulate yet make such powerful lines so simple and impactful with ease

He always comes at a song with love and an unexpected gentleness. He doesn’t have to give in to bitterness or anger to make you feel a song. It’s with a deep humility and all heart.

Alan Jackson doesn’t have a bad song. Drive, Gone Country, Midnight in Montgomery, Between the Devil and Me, and for fun lighthearted ones, Chattahoochee and I Don’t Even Know Your Name. 💙

A friend of mine was a firefighter and he worked the rubble for weeks. He was medically retired two years later. Prayers for the brave people who ran in.

Another song about that awful day was by Toby Keith called "Curesty of the red ,white,blue" It's difference.

Alan jackson ♥ when every other country singer was in retaliation mode, Alan was there to help with the grieving process

I remember where I was, what I was doing, and that I called my mom immediately. Two months later this was on the CMA awards and he said that he could not sleep one night, he woke up and went downstairs and wrote this song. It will always hold a special place in my heart!

That day has never been forgotten for me as most of us. I was watching a cable news show that morning and it was live, saw the first plane hit. I was on the phone with my late mother in law. She turned it to the channel to see the accident I was talking about. Thats when 2nd plane hit. When that happened I knew the first one wasn't a accident. It rocked this country in such a hard way. It tore my heart and stomach to pieces. Was devastating to us all. How can we be so divided now..when we was completely united then.

The song “Wanted” is a great song by Alan Jackson. One with real meaning that would be heart felt by you both. Love you two!!!

I still remember that morning like it was yesterday. The feeling of anger and shock was beyond belief. Then the way we came together as a nation was amazing.

This song is powerful. He has more upbeat songs. Can't wait for chatchattachoocie

This song makes me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME... I was only 2 when this happened but it shows you how in the worst times we forget about all of the division and appreciate what you have.

Alan Jackson is one of the most talented singer songwriters that has ever lived. His song "Someday" is great as well

Pretty sure he performed this live for the first time on the CMA's (Country Music Association award show). This would have been about 2 months after that horrible event. This song remains one if the most touching songs I've ever heard.

Hard to put 911 into words. AJ sang it beautifully ❤️

This song always makes me cry. My dad was serving in the military at this time and we were stationed in NY...not to far from New York City. I was really young but I haven't forgotten the day this happened. I was only in kindergarten and I remember my teacher left the class room and I saw her crying outside the door ( I remember her saying that she had family in the area)...they announced everything over the intercom and told us not to panic.. They ended up sending us home from school. My dad was really horrified as he lost friends....he was scared it would happened again so we moved on October 1st..less than a month after... and got stationed in Tennessee. Such a beautiful song. Great reaction fam. God bless you guys.

It’s such a powerful song. I love how it talks about faith, hope, and love in the context of an event of pure hate.

I’m normally not into country music nut Alan Jackson is different. He’s one of my favorite musicians of any genre.

This was the first song about 9/11 sung at the Country Music Awards (I think) after that terrible day. Everything about this song is exactly what we were feeling at that time. I will never forget.

For my military people "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue" Toby Keith🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

First off, I want to say thank you for doing a reaction to this video. I wanted to share with both of you the The history behind how he wrote this song. It’s very emotional and very special. Alan Jackson is a wonderful songwriter. Here’s what I found: The song is based on Jackson’s own experience on September 11, 2001. Jackson had finished walking outside and returned indoors to discover news of the attacks on television. He immediately wanted to write a song expressing his thoughts and emotions, but he found it hard to do so for many weeks. "I didn't want to write a patriotic song," Jackson said. "And I didn't want it to be vengeful, either. But I didn't want to forget about how I felt and how I knew other people felt that day."[2] Finally, on the Sunday morning of October 28, 2001, he awoken at 4 a.m. with the melody, opening lines, and chorus going through his mind. He hastily got out of bed, still in his underwear, and sang them into a hand-held digital recorder so as to remember them later on.[2][3][4] Later that morning, when his wife and children had gone to Sunday school, he sat down in his study and completed the lyrics.[2][5] Initially, he felt squeamish about recording it, much less releasing it as a single, because he disliked the idea of capitalizing on a tragedy.[6] But after he played it for his wife Denise and for his producer, Keith Stegall, both of whom gave their approval, Jackson went into the studio to record "Where Were You" that week.[7] On Stegall's advice, Jackson played the finished track for a group of executives at his record label. "We just kind of looked at one another," RCA Label Group chairman Joe Galante said later. "Nobody spoke for a full minute."[4]

Alan is the epitome of country music. An amazing songwriter and man that voice moves me to tears frequently.

I remember exactly where I was when the world stopped turning. I was at work and one of our regular customers came in and told us to turn the tv on. It just didn’t seem real. What a very sad day for our great country, something that should never happened. God bless all that lost their lives that day and their loved ones that sadly had to go on without them.

This song takes me right back to that day. Standing in front of my tv and watching in shock. I feel it again every time.

Remember how UNITED we were?!!! 🇺🇸❤️

I remember the night he performed this for the first time on the award show. I was anxious to hear his thoughts, was expecting a rally/revenge song. Went to bed ashamed of myself and in tears.

When people say how divided we're as a country, all I can say is to this day every American knows where they were and how they felt when our country was attacked on 9/11. That’s not division that’s common ground and love.

“Drive”and “little bitty” are good songs too, and a little less emotional haha

Thank you for digging more into Alan!! You guys need to hear his songs “Good Times”, Drive” , Sissy’ song. The last one he wrote for someone that passed that was very close to their family

Y'all are killing me with these emotional reactions. Love me some AJ. Can't believe its been 20 years since that day. Never forget.

That is my favorite song! He wrote and made that song in a day! That was for 9/11. It truly got my heart. I cried! I saw it on television. I also had to go to class at the college. We stood around the flag and said Pledge of Allegiance. Every word meant so much! I cried like a baby!

You really can’t go wrong with any Alan Jackson song. He is one of the GOATs of country music. I will give you a few of my favorites though: Tonight I Climbed the Wall Drive Wanted 5 O’Clock Somewhere Murder on Music Row (duet w/George Strait another 🐐) Midnight in Montgomery (song about Hank Williams Sr. who died in his late 20s and is the father of Hank Williams Jr. that sings Country Boy Can Survive).

I remember it all...i had toured the towers a few years before the day they fell...made my care for those inside even more acute...still crying like crazy over it...this song is beautiful and needed right now more than ever. Wake up people out there. Love love love is needed

“I’ll go on loving you” and “Little bitty” are both good by Alan, but he has many!

He had to be convinced to to record this song by his friends. He didn't want to gain anything from this tragedy, his friends said it was the opposite , you are paying homage to these people. Thats the kind of human being this man is, he still had reservations about recording it, but realized his family and friends were right when he saw everyone's response. Much respect to Mr. Jackson and to you good folks . Love your reaction and sincerity, you folks are top shelf. The world needs more like you. May the good lord bless you many times....

Alan has so many great songs, serious and funny! He has a great voice that is so easy to listen to.

I have discovered yalls channel through these Alan Jackson reactions!!! Alan Jackson is definitely one of my all time favorites and this reaction in particular touches many of us because we all remember what we were doing when we found out about the twin towers. Back then I was in the 6th grade. On this 11th day of August in the year 202, I'm 31 years old.

Drive and Five O'clock Somewhere are two of my favorite songs of his. Great reaction!! 🙂

He said he woke up in the middle of the night and the song just flowed out of him...all these years later and I still get chills hearing it...

He wrote this song while on a plane. ALAN IS PURE GOLD!!

I always feel like I can't listen to this with out listening to Toby Keith's, "Brought To You Courtesy of The Red White and Blue" , after. Oh.. and, I watched it happen live through the window of the ABC studio.

I'll Go On Loving You, Little Bitty, Chatahoochee..a few to try. Glad to see y'all enjoying so many different genres, and doing so together. Stay blessed.

I remember hugging my 6 yr old when this happened. That same boy is now out there fighting for his country and countrymen. ❤️USA Pride 🇺🇸

The 1st time he ever performed this song, and first time anyone heard the song, was at the award show that the video is from. It did not take him long to write this song.

Great song, I remember when this came out and haven't heard it in a while but it hits just as hard now. Great reaction y'all.

This song is powerful, and this song still makes me cry. I will remember that day and where I was. The feelings I felt and as much as I oppose what happened on 1/6/21 find it insulting comparing it to that day. A slap in the face to those that experienced & survived what happened on 9/11/01.

Not to mention maybe one of the clearest, warmest, most resonate male voices in the history of country music

There is a silver lining that day. I have NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD OF THIS COUNTRY ! In the fashion of the national tesponse after pearl harbor. This country had never been more united. That is sorely needed today. Lets home it doesnt take devistation to get it.

"I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack needs a reaction from you guys. Appreciate you two!

The wife and I love to 420 and watch Half and Jai reaction videos!

My two sisters and I were sitting by our Mothers bed. She had been sick with cancer for two years. She went home on 09/13/2001, 2 days before her 64th birthday. I'll never forget that day, the anguish, the devastation and chaos. We had the volume down so she couldn't hear the news. That day I wasn't sad my Momma was dying, because Jesus said we would be with Him for eternity, she wasn't aware of what was happening in our country. She was going to her forever home, with no sickness, disease, hurt, pain, wars, devastation etc. The former things are done and we'll not remember then, and there will be no more tears.

You guys are amazing! I wish the world could go back to the day After this happened, 9/12/2001. That was when All Americans loved each other and we stood united as a country.

I was on morning break building a factory in Beaver Dam Kentucky, out in the sticks. Heard about the first plane on the radio while I was getting out of the truck, honestly didn’t think much of it until I got home and saw the news...

The video for this song is amazing. Jai would have been crying again.

Alan Jackson is one of the last of the great country music legends left . Without God we are nothings...

I remember when he first performed it live, i believe it was at an award ceremony. The whole room was stunned silent when he finished

I remember after the first plane everyone thought it was just an accident but after the second plane hit we all knew it was an attack.

Try a more upbeat tune from Jackson, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."

I absolutely love Alan Jackson the older he gets.

My Mom called me to tell me also, I remember clear as day said turn on the tv !! She didn't even have to say turn on the news because it was on every channel, I sat there watching, I couldn't believe what I was watching I felt frozen all I could do was cry after I came out of shock !!! I didn't want to go to work but I had to, it was so hard because I worked with Children so I couldn't look or act sad around them. That was one of the hardest days of my life but what I felt so much sadness love and empathy for all the people that were in anyway a part of the devastation of that day. I can't believe its been 20 years sense it happened, please lets all keep them in our thoughts and prayers... God Bless 💗💗💗

This was the 3rd worst day of my life. This country came together like it should be. Now look at the shape we are in now. Wake up people

I had just walked into a doctor's office and saw everyone around the TV set. When we first looked we thought that can't be really happing it was something someone made for a disaster movie but the people around said no it's really happing. What a tragedy. So many people died and it brought our country together and police, firemen and paramedics from all around came together and ran into the rubble and destruction to help people with no thought of the danger to their own lives. Prayers for the people who died and their families and thank you and you are real heroes to the public servants who put their lives on the line that day.

Alan puts his heart in all his songs ....

I was one of those people who was teaching a class of innocent children on that fateful Tuesday. Every time I hear that line in this masterpiece of a song the tears begin to flow.

This song is important for those that remember that day because it not only reminds us of a historically significant day in a very personal connection but also imparts a lesson on why that day is so important to teach younger generations about the whys and wherefores of what happened and the results. I was getting ready for work (at an elementary school in AZ) when the news footage began. I had a father flying that day and was terrified he was on one of those planes. I also had an uncle working for a trucking company in CT that was making a delivery in NYC that day. My father was fortunate enough to not have been on one of the planes and my uncle actually saw the planes hit and the buildings fall all from his rear view mirror.

Alan Jackson's song sissy's song is so underrated and so beautiful.

This is te Grammy performance. Everyone was in tears.

Alan Jackson is one of the few chosen that can tear your heart out with a song. But he has upbeat songs as well

I had something to say after 9-11 but didn't have the words, Alan Jackson said it for me. After almost 20 years this song can still bring a tear.

This is one if the songs that hit so hard but we needed it at the perfect time. We banned together and loved each other.

I was home from working nightshift watching the Today show and feeding my 1 year old and seen it happening. I was in shock and then 4 yrs later my 17 year old son had me sign him up for the army and he was deployed to Iraq twice. I was so proud and so scared that my son wouldn't come home. He did but lost a lot of brothers in the over there. It was a bittersweet moment for me being proud that at 17 he felt compelled to go fight for our country. I was proud but terrified at the same time.

Alan Jackson is the 🐐

That was the last time America was truly United. We forget so easy our past.

I listen to this song often and it always takes me back to the day (I'm British btw) and the emotional reaction resonates with me and the reaction described, I can't even imagine how it must have felt as an American with that happening in your country, it still surprise's me when I talk to someone who doesn't realize or is even aware of the importance of this event, I can't even imagine anything more shocking and tragic that resonated around the globe, it still almost feels like it just happened, not 22years ago almost

You will love this song “I’ll go on loving you “ and he sang the video yummy you’re so wonderful tonight too

RIP to Officer Chris Showalter and K9 officer Argo…❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

He was in Des Moines, 9-11-21 he is absolutely amazing!! Country music....it will make you cry, laugh, and make you want to kick someone's ass all in the matter of 5 minutes. Love it!

You Will Remember This Day!

I absolutely love this song, it makes me tear up just thinking about all of the innocent people & children that died in that attack. I remember exactly where I was & how it made me feel. My daughter was born in May of that same year in Florida, my ex's mother told me to check out the news. When I saw right after the first plane hit I automatically started crying & praying for everyone in the twin towers and their families. Then I picked up my daughter and held her close and cried, every time I hear this song I bow my head in respect for the ones that didn't make it as well as everyone involved.

Everything Alan Jackson does is number one! I seen him in concert when he was just starting out in the '80s. I knew he was going to be a big star

As much as I don't like things going on in our country at the moment , I'm damn proud and blessed to be an American!

I just saw him about six months ago for the first time. Love, love, love him!!!!

I thought you would like it when I requested it! Love, Peace & Prayers to you & your family!!

As soon as the second plane hit the second tower, my husband and I were starting to load up our van with dog food and 4 Search And Rescue Dogs with Cadaver training. And by noon EST we were on the road to New York to Ground Zero. He wrote this song about 3 weeks before the Country Music Awards, where he performed it for the first time. I was doing double duty. Because I was a Paramedic at the time, I retired last year after 37 years of service. My husband died of Cancer, the doctors and I suspect, to what he was exposed to at Ground Zero. May every family who lost someone in this tragedy know their loved ones were HEROES. Every single one of them. They didn't ask for this that day. No one did. I pray that they are all in the loving arms of their God of faith. Except for the pilots who flew those planes. They can go down for all I care. Stay Safe Everyone. Remember to try and help 1person. Even if it's to buy the a coffee. You never know what might come back to you. Kindness breeds kindness, hate breeds hate. I prefer to do the former and have that come back to me ten fold. Stay Safe Everyone! 💖 From Ontario, Canada, Jenn. 💖 💖 🇨🇦 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

This is a great example of most country music. It is another form of the blues. It comes from the heart. My God bless and keep them all.

This song always brings tears to my eyes. I was 21, a newly wed and in the Army. We heard it on the radio. We got sent home to pack. Waited around to find out what was going to happen not knowing if we were leaving, going home that night. One of the scariest times of uncertainty in my life. And I was half way across the country from my family.

I've listened to country music all of my life. I'm from the south, north Georgia. I would hear from people, that they didn't like country music. I can honestly say, there was alot more people back then who did like country music. Today, I 'am glad to see more people are checking country music out. There is alot of new songs that are really good. Country music fans love the songs of the past. They also like the songs of today. Once you've been raised on country music, it never leaves your heart. I hope many more people will enjoy the country music band wagon in the future.

“Older i get” is a must. Great song

🇨🇦 61YO 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏 ❤❤❤❤❤❗👍 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE ME ANYMORE should be your next Alan Jackson Keep the good work guys and ✌✌✌

I love that with all the feelings going on, he focuses on faith, hope and Love. 💖

I will never forget that day. I remember where I was. My grampa had just died and we were in Denver packing up his house. My dad had called and we all slept thru the ringing phone. Saw the flashing light on the recorder and could not believe what my dad was yelling about. Gramps didn't have cable and all we had was basic rabbit eared TV to watch. The drive home was unreal. Gas stations all along the highway had long lines of people trying to gas up out of fear for some reason. It was an insane reality I never want to live through again. NEVER FORGET!!

20 years later and I STILL get choked up when I think of that day. So many lives lost...innocent lives... who had nothing to do with whatever perceived injustices that caused the deep hatred it would take to carry out such an evil act.