"Stars over Texas" is a song by American

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artist

Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lee Lawrence (born January 27, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1 ...

. It was released in July 1996, as the third single from his album ''

Time Marches On ''Time Marches On'' is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. The title track spent three weeks at Number One on the '' Billboard'' country charts in 1996, becoming Lawrence's biggest chart hit to date. " ...

''. Lawrence wrote the song with

Larry Boone Larry Eugene Boone (born June 7, 1956) is an American country music artist and songwriter. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles c ...

and Paul Nelson, and produced it with Flip Anderson The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart, and peaked at number 42 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo country waltz, in which the narrator states how long he plans to love this person, and to be true.

Music video

The music video, directed by Marc Ball, begins with someone opening the door of a

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, and stopping the hands. The rest of the video consists of Lawrence sitting on a stool with a guitar, and singing interspersed with shots of a woman putting on perfume and dancing with a man. The video ends with the grandfather clock starting again.

CD single extra content

The CD single included 30-second excerpts of "From What We Give", "Speed of a Fool", and "Somewhere Between the Moon and You", all from ''Time Marches On''. Lawrence wrote the song with

and Paul Nelson.

Charts

"Stars over Texas" debuted at number 66 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 27, 1996.

Year-end charts

References

1996 songs 1996 singles Tracy Lawrence songs Songs written by Larry Boone Songs written by Tracy Lawrence Songs written by Paul Nelson (songwriter) Songs about Texas Atlantic Records singles {{1996-country-song-stub