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Katie Gill: This is an entirely ineffective, downright generic, blatantly middle of the road country music love song. And yet I really like it? It’s co-written by Ed Sheeran, and there are parts where you can TELL that it’s co-written by Sheeran. But Sheeran’s strongest when he’s writing these sort of chill, folk-like love songs. At its core, “Tip of My Tongue” is that sort of song — you can easily picture Chesney singing an acoustic version of this at a concert. But the song is bolstered by a more modern production and Chesney’s effortless vocals. Besides, any song that makes me have a five minute mental battle of “wait, is he singing about eating her out???” is worth my time.
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Joshua Minsoo Kim: The drums are a bit more active than you’d expect, signaling the sort of excitement that’s underpinning this relaxed tale of intimacy. The bass slings along assuredly, but all the sensuality and romance here is lost on me completely. It’s mostly a result of how some lyrics are so simply structured, and delivered in an equally uninspired manner. That several lines here also make me think of “Sugar, We’re Going Down” just proves how distracted I get during these tepid three minutes.
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Iain Mew: It’s written with a smirk but sung with complete sincerity, which is achievement enough for “it’s a long way down to the centre of your soul” but nearly a miracle for “I’m a loaded gun.” Imagine Ed Sheeran singing this himself and trying to play it even slightly sexy and it would be horrific; as it is it’s merely corny. 
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Alfred Soto: I’ve warmed to him as he’s started losing fans, and the graceful lope of “Tip of My Tongue,” dumb lyrics and mealy-mouthed passion aside, exemplifies why pros have their uses.
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Thomas Inskeep: Oh, Kenny, you’re much better than this cold grilled cheese sandwich, part of (co-writer) Ed Sheeran’s leftovers. Blech. This sounds like the red menace through and through, and that will likely never be a good thing. It sure isn’t in this instance — one of the worst singles of Chesney’s career.
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Josh Buck: By combining the worst tendencies of Chesney and co-writer Ed Sheeran, the lyrics should easily be the nadir of this one. Yet somehow the worst part is when it grudgingly resigns itself to being the limpest possible light rock song on the chorus. Okay, I lied. The worst part is when Chesney opens the song by saying that the dimple on a woman’s back is talking to him “just like that.” 25 years into his career and he’s still finding new ways to make me cringe. 
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Andy Hutchins: Some of the hundreds of Kenny Chesney songs about falling in love on a beach from a decade or more ago were not quite this slow. But there’s something warm about the guitar, and the lyric’s more sweet than saccharine — rare for a Sheeran-touched song — and I think Chesney admits to being a submissive in the first pre-chorus?
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Joshua Lu: The steady arpeggio hook, which evokes a homey kind of tenderness, is at odds with the overbearingly horny lyrics, but Kenny Chesney makes this paean for cunninlingus work better than it should. Still, I can’t imagine anyone having sex to this.
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