"Anymore" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Travis Tritt James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 20 ...

. It was released in September 1991 as the second single from his album ''

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''. It peaked at number 1 in both the United States and Canada, becoming his second number-one hit in the United States, and his fourth number-one in Canada. The song was written by Tritt and

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Content and history

Tritt co-wrote the song with

, who also wrote his 1990 hit " I'm Gonna Be Somebody", when the two were together on an airplane ride. Colucci presented Tritt with a melody and the two began writing lyrics together. As they had not finished writing the lyrics at the time the airplane landed, they reunited in the studio six weeks later to finish writing. The song is composed in the key of

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with a "moderately slow" tempo and main chord pattern of C-G-F-G.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jack Cole and was the first of a trilogy of music videos (the second being " Tell Me I Was Dreaming" in 1995, and the third being " If I Lost You" in 1998) that tell the story of a veteran named Mac Singleton, who uses a wheelchair. Tritt portrays Mac Singleton, who is struggling through his time at a rehabilitation clinic after being injured in the

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, and has nightmares about the war every night. He meets a friend named Al (portrayed by Barry Scott) after awakening from one of his nightmares. Singleton is also struggling from being away from his wife Annie. The video was featured in CMT's 100 Greatest Music Videos in 2004, where it ranked at No. 64.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. * Sam Bacco –

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, percussion * Richard Bennett – electric guitar *

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– bass guitar *

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– acoustic guitar *

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– acoustic guitar solo *

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– background vocals *

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– piano,

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* Steve Turner – drums *

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– acoustic guitar *

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– electric guitar, guitar solo

Chart positions

"Anymore" debuted on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 14, 1991.

Year-end charts

References

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