"Everybody's Sweetheart" is a song written and recorded by American

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artist

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist b ...

. It was released in January 1988 as the third single from the album ''

The Way Back Home ''The Way Back Home'' is the second studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1987 by RCA Nashville and it produced four chart singles on the '' Billboard'' country charts. In order of release, these were "Cin ...

''. The song reached #11 on the ''

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chart.

Content

The song is a comedic look at Gill's relationship with his then-wife Janis Gill, who at the time was one-half of the duo

Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo were an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver (guitar, vocals) and Kristine Arnold (née Oliver) (vocals). The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twel ...

. This duo also provided backing vocals on the corresponding album. In the book ''For the Music: The Vince Gill Story'', Jo Sgammato describes the song as "an ode to being in love with someone who's famous and on the road."

Chart performance

References

1988 singles 1987 songs Vince Gill songs Songs written by Vince Gill RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Richard Landis Songs about musicians {{1987-country-song-stub