"Outbound Plane" is a song written by American

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. It was released on Griffith's 1988 album ''

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''. Suzy Bogguss covered the song as the opening track and the second

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from her 1991 album '' Aces''. The song reached number 9 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1992. Suzy Bogguss Hot Country Songs Chart History/ref>

Music video

The "Outbound Plane" music video was filmed on location at the aircraft boneyard of

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. The video depicts Bogguss and her lover as central characters dancing around in the boneyard. The video was directed by American team directors

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, consisting of Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1991 singles Suzy Bogguss songs Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Liberty Records singles Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions Songs written by Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith songs 1988 songs {{1991-country-song-stub