"Wink" is a song written by

Bob DiPiero Robert John DiPiero (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 US number one hits and several Top 20 single for Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy ...

and

Tom Shapiro Tom Curtis Shapiro (born in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorpo ...

, 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, ...

singer

Neal McCoy Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. (born July 30, 1958), known professionally as Neal McCoy, is an American country music singer. He has released 10 studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio. Although he first charted on ...

. It was released in April 1994 as the second single from his album '' No Doubt About It''. Also the second consecutive Number One from that album, "Wink" spent four weeks at the top of the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in June and July of that year. In 1996, the song received the Robert J. Burton award from

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for being the most-performed country song of the year.

Content

It is an up-tempo song in which the narrator states that, no matter how he is feeling on a particular day, he feels better once his lover

wink A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signaling shared hidden knowledge or intent. However, it is ambiguous by itself and highly dependent upon additional c ...

s at him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in mid-1994. It shows McCoy performing the song at an event, as well as trying to get his lover to wink, which she refuses.

Chart positions

"Wink" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 23, 1994.

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 1994 singles Neal McCoy songs Songs written by Tom Shapiro Songs written by Bob DiPiero Song recordings produced by Barry Beckett Atlantic Records singles 1994 songs