"Valentine" is a song co-written and performed by American recording artist Jim Brickman, with a guest vocal from

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. It first appeared on his 1997 album ''Picture This'', and later on McBride's album ''

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Chart performance

The song charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and

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charts in 1997, peaking at number 50 on the former and number 3 on the latter. Although it first appeared on the

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charts at that time, it was not officially released as a single to the country format until a year later. The song was the follow-up to her single " A Broken Wing," to which "Valentine" originally served as the

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. Upon its official release, "Valentine" peaked at number 9.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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