"When I Call Your Name" is a song co-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 ...

. It was released in May 1990 as the third single and title track from the album '' When I Call Your Name''. The song reached number 2 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Gill and Tim DuBois.

Patty Loveless Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957) is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985. While her first ...

performed backing vocals on the song. Session veteran

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in ...

played piano on the track.

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performed a cover of the song to celebrate 50 years of the

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Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Pope and premiered in mid-1990. Although Patty Loveless sang the song with Gill in live performances, she did not appear in the video. Instead, country singer

Matraca Berg Matraca Maria Berg Hanna (; born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and ...

appeared, lip-syncing to Loveless's vocals.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1990 singles Vince Gill songs Songs written by Tim DuBois Songs written by Vince Gill Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) MCA Records singles 1989 songs {{1990-country-song-stub