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artist Aaron Tippin. It was released in October 1993 as the second single from the album ''

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''. The song reached #17 on the ''

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chart. Tippin wrote the song with

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and

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Chart performance

References

1994 singles 1993 songs Aaron Tippin songs Songs written by Buddy Brock Songs written by Michael P. Heeney Songs written by Aaron Tippin Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks RCA Records singles {{1993-country-song-stub