"Watch This" is a song recorded by American

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Clay Walker Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. (born August 19, 1969) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single " What's It to You", which reached Number One on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Son ...

. It was released in August 1997 as the third single from his album ''

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''. The song is Walker's fourteenth single release, as well as his tenth Top Ten hit on the ''

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'' country singles charts.

Content

"Watch This" was written by Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker and Anthony L. Smith. The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the male narrator encourages his female lover to trust him and fall in love with him. The song features accompaniment from steel-string acoustic guitar and

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, with

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flourishes.

Music video

A music video was filmed for this song and premiered in August 1997. It was directed by Bill Young.

Chart positions

"Watch This" is Walker's fourteenth Top 40 single on the ''

'' country singles charts, making its debut at number 61 on the chart week of August 9, 1997. The song spent twenty weeks on the charts, peaking at number 4 on the chart week of November 22. It also peaked at number 13 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks charts in Canada.

Charts

References

1997 singles Clay Walker songs Song recordings produced by James Stroud Giant Records (Warner) singles Songs written by Ron Harbin Songs written by Anthony L. Smith Songs written by Aaron Barker 1997 songs {{1997-country-song-stub