"I Cross My Heart" is a song written by Steve Dorff and

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, and performed by American

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artist George Strait. It was released in September 1992 as the first single to his album ''

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'', which is also the soundtrack to the movie of the same title. It reached number-one in both the United States and Canada. The song is featured as the movie's finale.

Music video

The music video was directed by Charley Randazzo, and consists entirely of scenes from the film, Strait's next music video "Heartland" also exclusively used scenes from ''Pure Country''. These two videos were released consecutively as were the singles.

Critical reception

"I Cross My Heart" is widely regarded as one of Strait's best songs. '' Billboard'' and ''

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'' ranked the song number five and number four, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest George Strait songs.

Chart positions

"I Cross My Heart" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 3, 1992 and peaked at number one on December 5, 1992. Since it became available for digital download, the song has sold 992,000 digital copies in the United States as of January 2015.

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

* 1992 singles Country ballads George Strait songs Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Songs written by Steve Dorff Songs written by Eric Kaz MCA Nashville Records singles 1992 songs {{1992-country-song-stub