"Yet" is a song written by

Sonny LeMaire Alfred William "Sonny" LeMaire (born September 16, 1947) is an American country music artist. LeMaire is best known as being the bass guitarist of the band Exile, a role that he first held in 1977. After lead singer J. P. Pennington quit the band ...

and

Randy Sharp Randy Sharp is an American, three time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, guitarist and producer. He has major success in many genre of music with his greatest successes in Pop, Country, and Alternative. He has composed for film and televis ...

, 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, ...

group

Exile Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...

. It was released in August 1990 as the third single from their album '' Still Standing''. The song reached number 7 on the '' Billboard''

Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart in November 1990.

Critical reception

Lisa Smith and Cyndi Hoelzle of '' Gavin Report'' described the song favorably, saying that "This slow, desperate song builds 'til you find yourself rooting for the guy, dying to know how it all turns out."

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1990 songs 1990 singles Exile (American band) songs Songs written by Randy Sharp Songs written by Sonny LeMaire Arista Nashville singles {{1990-country-song-stub