Peak
18
Weeks
36
Score
3,621
Chart Year
2022
The music video was released on October 15, 2021. It includes scenes of "fishing excursions, classic-car rebuilding sessions, family dinners" interspersed with footage of "Johnson delivering a fiery solo performance of the song". Johnson said: "I love the story line in the video. You think it's going in one direction and then suddenly you are surprised at the turn of events. When they sent me the rough edit of the video it was so powerful and brought tears to my eyes. It put into perspective the song that I had been singing for months.
This sweet ballad finds Johnson encouraging listeners to make the most of every moment with loved ones while they are still around. There's a box of greasy parts sittin' in the trunk of that sixty-five Still waitin' on you and your grandad to bring it back to life You can always get around to fixin' up that Pontiac 'Til you can't Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers penned the song. Johnson told Billboard his perspective on his own life changes every time he sings it. He explained: "You hear lyrics like fixing up the car with your grandpa, and everyone who hears it thinks, 'Well, grandpa may die.' Well, our time is limited, too. I think about all the division that we've had politically and with race and different things in our country... If you spend your time spreading hate, your time is going to be up, and that's all you did with your time here." The lyrics took on special meaning for Johnson back in the summer of 2021 when he was on board a private jet with his wife and it almost went down. Once he made it safely to the ground, he reflected on the message of '"Till You Can't." "After that I thought, why did I tell my daughters I didn't have time to get down on the floor and play with them," he said at a listening party. "Why didn't I tell this person I loved them, why didn't I tell that person, hey sorry for doing that, or why didn't I apply myself more here? Our days are numbered and I think it's something people need to hear. Do it now." Cody Johnson released this as the lead single from Human The Double Album. The singer sequenced the tracks to recreate the feel of one of his live shows in the hope that fans listen to them in consecutive order. Cody Johnson hopes the song will inspire the younger generation to move away from the entitled culture. When I heard ''Til You Can't' it was like... get off your butt and go get life," Johnson told Audacy's Coop. "Life's not going to come to you." "We've got a younger generation, I think in this country right now that's kind of a 'give to me, owed to me, I'm owed something,'" he continued. "Let me tell you somethin', nobody owes you anything in this life. If you want something you gotta go get it." The song became Cody Johnson's first Country #1 on the chart dated February 26, 2022. His previous best placing had been the #13 achieved by "On My Way to You" in 2019.
You can tell your old man You'll do some largemouth fishing another time You just got too much on your plate to bait and cast a line You can always put a rain check in his hand 'Til you can't You can keep putting off forever with that girl who's heart you hold Swearing that you'll ask some day further down the road You can always put a diamond on her hand 'Til you can't If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chance If you got a dream, chase it, 'cause a dream won't chase you back If you're gonna love somebody Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can 'Til you can't There's a box of greasy parts sitting in the trunk of that '65 Still waiting on you and your granddad to bring it back to life You can always get around to fixing up that Pontiac 'Til you can't If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chance If you got a dream, chase it, 'cause a dream won't chase you back If you're gonna love somebody Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can 'Til you can't So take that phone call from your momma and just talk away 'Cause you'll never know how bad you wanna 'til you can't someday Don't wait on tomorrow 'cause tomorrow may not show Say your sorries, your I-love-yous, 'cause man you never know If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chance If you got a dream, chase it, 'cause a dream won't chase you back If you're gonna love somebody Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can 'Til you can't Yeah, if you got a chance, take it (take it), take it while you got a chance If you got a dream, chase it, 'cause a dream won't chase you back If you're gonna love somebody Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can Until you can't 'Til you can't Yeah, take it
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 23, 2021 | 94 | 32 |
| 2 | Oct 30, 2021 | 76 | 50 |
| 3 | Nov 6, 2021 | 65 | 61 |
| 4 | Nov 13, 2021 | 70 | 56 |
| 5 | Nov 20, 2021 | 82 | 44 |
| 6 | Nov 27, 2021 | 97 | 29 |
| 7 | Dec 4, 2021 | 77 | 49 |
| 8 | Dec 11, 2021 | 88 | 38 |
| 9 | Dec 18, 2021 | 81 | 45 |
| 10 | Dec 25, 2021 | 88 | 38 |
| 11 | Jan 1, 2022 | 82 | 44 |
| 12 | Jan 8, 2022 | 70 | 56 |
| 13 | Jan 15, 2022 | 57 | 69 |
| 14 | Jan 22, 2022 | 74 | 52 |
| 15 | Jan 29, 2022 | 55 | 71 |
| 16 | Feb 5, 2022 | 50 | 76 |
| 17 | Feb 12, 2022 | 45 | 81 |
| 18 | Feb 19, 2022 | 47 | 79 |
| 19 | Feb 26, 2022 | 33 | 93 |
| 20 | Mar 5, 2022 | 25 | 101 |