"Tryin' to Get Over You" is a song written 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

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 ...

. It was released in January 1994 as the fifth single from his album '' I Still Believe in You''. The song reached the top of the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was also Gill's last number one single until twenty-three years later, when he reached number one with a guest vocal on Chris Young's " Sober Saturday Night" in March 2017.

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in early 1994. Filmed in black-and-white with a grainy texture, it features a cameo from Gill's then-wife, Janis. It begins with a still shot of Gill's and Janis' silhouette. The action begins as she instantly leaves him. The remainder of the video shows Gill in a bar and walking along a city street on a rainy night surrounded by various people and alone trying to cope with his sadness. Shots of Janis on her separate path (such as in a cafe and in the back seat of a cab driving away) looking blank-faced are also seen. It ends with a shot of Gill's silhouette again, this time alone.

Chart performance

"Tryin' to Get Over You" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 8, 1994.

Year-end charts

References

{{Vince Gill 1992 songs Vince Gill songs Songs written by Vince Gill Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) 1994 singles MCA Records singles 1990s ballads Country ballads Torch songs Black-and-white music videos Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller