Alan Jackson is a huge fan of sad country songs, and his latest single, “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore,” is one of the best breakup songs around. Alan, who didn’t write the song, said he loved it the first time he heard it. “First, it raised the hair on my arm when I heard it,” says Alan. “It’s the kinda song that made me want to be in country music, ‘cause I’m such a big fan of that kind of song. And the sad songs, breakup songs and heartache songs are always the best ones to bring that emotion out.”

• The Georgia native recently re-released his 2006 gospel album, Precious Memories, and his GAC-TV special is set to re-air this Easter weekend – Saturday, April 7th at 10:30p ET, Sunday, April 8th 2:30a ET and 9:30a ET.

AUDIO: Alan Jackson says he was drawn to his latest single, “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore,” because it is such a great country song. 

AJ (drawn to So You Don’t) OC: …to write. :21

“First, it raised the hair on my arm because when I heard it, the demo was a really good version too. It’s just one of those songs, when I first heard it. It’s the kinda song that made me want to be in country music, ‘cause I’m such a big fan of that kind of song. And the sad songs, breakup songs and heartache songs are always the best ones to bring that emotion out and they’re actually the easiest to write.”