Shinedown - If You Only Knew

Shinedown's lead vocalist Brent Smith penned 'If You Only Knew' about his wife when he discovered fatherhood was on the horizon.

Writing about such a personal topic explains the reflective lyrics and the real passion heard in Smith's powerful vocals on their new single - a love ballad of a kind and one of the most epic-sounding three minutes to arrive from the Floridian quartet.

The immediate guitars and colossal drums are ideal for a stadium setting, yet the gleaming production of the studio version sounds just as majestic on the iPod.

Another powerful rock-gem, Shinedown prove their recent run of top-notch singles weren't flukes.