"Suspicions" is a

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song. It was originally recorded and released as a single in 1979 by

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from his album ''

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''; his version was a number one hit on the ''Billboard'' country music chart and a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song saw renewed popularity in 2007-08, when

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recorded and released a cover version on his album ''

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''.

Eddie Rabbitt version

The song was the first single from Rabbitt's 1979 album ''

'', "Suspicions" reached #1 on the ''

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chart in August. "Suspicions" also continued Rabbitt's rise as a

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artist; peaking at #13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it was his highest peak on the pop chart to that time. It was also a Top 10 Adult Contemporary hit on the charts of both the U.S. and Canada. Rabbitt said that he wrote the song "in five minutes in the studio during a lunch break." "Suspicions" was named

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's Song of the Year a year later.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Tim McGraw version

In 2007, country music artist

recorded a cover of "Suspicions" for his album ''

''. McGraw's cover of the song originally peaked at #56 in early 2007 from unsolicited airplay shortly after the release of ''Let It Go''. Ken Tucker of ''Billboard'' described McGraw's cover positively, saying that McGraw sings "like a man who knows what it's like to have heads turn when your wife walks into the room." McGraw's version was released on November 26, 2007 the fourth single from the album (counting "If You're Reading This", only available on later presses). The cover version peaked at #12 on ''Billboard''

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in February 2008, becoming the second Top 40 hit of Tim's career to miss the Top 10.Whitburn, p. 273

Chart performance

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