"My Old Friend" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Steve McEwan, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

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 album ...

. It was released in September 2005 as the fifth and final single from his album '' Live Like You Were Dying''. It peaked at number 6 on the country music charts.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a positive rating. He summed up the review by saying that it is "one of the best singles of his career".

Chart positions

The song debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week ending October 8, 2005.

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 2005 singles 2005 songs Tim McGraw songs Songs written by Craig Wiseman Songs written by Steve McEwan Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Song recordings produced by Tim McGraw Curb Records singles