"It Was" | ||||
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Single by Chely Wright | ||||
from the album Single White Female | ||||
B-side | "Rubbin' It In" | |||
Released | September 1999 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mark Wright Gary Burr | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Brown Buddy Cannon Norro Wilson | |||
Chely Wright singles chronology | ||||
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"It Was" is a song recorded by American country music artist Chely Wright. The song was released in September 1999 by MCA Nashville as the second single from her fourth studio album Single White Female (1999). It was written by Mark Wright and Gary Burr and was produced by Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon, and Norro Wilson.
The song nearly became Wright's second top ten hit, reaching number eleven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 2000.[1] It is also her second longest running single on the country charts, spending 30 weeks before departing.
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a favorable review, saying that it "has a hauntingly beautiful melody and affecting lyric about the mercurial nature of love" and that "Wright possesses a strong voice, full of emotional depth and presence."[2]
The music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in August 1999.[3]
Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 37 |
US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 64 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 11 |
Chart (2000) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 47 |