"Soon" is a song written by

Bob Regan Robert Joseph Regan is a Grammy nominated American country music songwriter. His chart credits include "Til Love Comes Again" by Reba McEntire, " Busy Man" by Billy Ray Cyrus, " Your Everything" by Keith Urban, "Soon" by Tanya Tucker, " Think ...

and

Casey Kelly Casey Patrick Kelly (born October 4, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the LG Twins of the KBO League. He was a first-round draft choice, 30th overall, in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Boston Red Sox. Kelly was ...

, 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

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...

. It was released in October 1993 as the first single and title track from the album '' Soon''. The song reached #2 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, behind

Doug Supernaw Douglas Anderson Supernaw (September 26, 1960November 13, 2020) was an American country music artist. After several years performing as a local musician throughout the state of Texas, he signed with BNA Records in 1993. Supernaw released four st ...

's " I Don't Call Him Daddy".

Content

"Soon" is composed in the key of A major. Its verses follow the chord pattern Fm-Fdim-A/E-D-G9-F-B-Bm7-Esus4-E, while the chorus follows the pattern A-D-A-E/G-Fm-B7sus4-B-Bm7-E-A and the bridge is Cm-D-A-Bm twice. The song follows a woman who has an affair with a married man, who tells her that he will "soon" be available for her; at the end, the woman realizes that the man has not ended his existing relationship. During a songwriting session,

met

for the first time when Kelly presented a lyric that he had first written in the 1980s: "''Christmas finds her all alone with no cause to rejoice / So she calls his Code-a-Phone just to hear his voice''", as well as the song's general concept and title. The two also decided on a "lyrically different chorus to go with each additional verse". After completing the song, immediately decided to pitch it to Tanya Tucker, whom they thought would "take a chance" on the song's unusual material.

Chart performance

References

1994 singles 1993 songs Tanya Tucker songs Songs written by Casey Kelly (songwriter) Songs written by Bob Regan Liberty Records singles Song recordings produced by Jerry Crutchfield {{1993-country-song-stub