"Can't Be Really Gone" is a song written by

Gary Burr Gary Burr, born in Meriden, Connecticut, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, primarily in the country music genre. Many of the songs he has written have become Top-10 hits, the first of which was "Love's Been A Little Bit ...

, and recorded by American

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artist

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albu ...

. It was released in October 1995 as the second single from his album '' All I Want''. It peaked at number two on the United States ''Billboard'' country chart, and number four on the Canadian ''RPM'' country chart.

Track listing

Single # Can't Be Really Gone 3:20 # That's Just Me 3:13

Music video

The music video premiered on CMT on October 28, 1995, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot", and was directed and produced by

Sherman Halsey Sherman Brooks Halsey (February 22, 1957 – October 29, 2013) was an American music video and television director, producer, and artist manager. Sherman Halsey produced and directed hundreds of television shows and music videos for artists ...

. It features McGraw performing the song in a room, with an orchestra behind him, and showing people in their everyday lives. At the end of the video, there was a hotline number for the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation.

Critical reception

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and Thom Jurek, in their review of the album, said that McGraw delivered the song with sincerity, and that it and other similar songs showed his artistic growth over '' Not a Moment Too Soon'', his last album.

Chart positions

"Can't Be Really Gone" re-entered the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks as an official single at number 67 for the week of October 21, 1995.

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 1995 singles 1995 songs Tim McGraw songs Songs written by Gary Burr Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Song recordings produced by James Stroud Music videos directed by Sherman Halsey Curb Records singles Country ballads