"Every Little Thing" is a song by Australian

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artist

Jamie O'Neal Jamie O'Neal (born 3 June 1968) is an Australian-American country music singer and songwriter. In 2000, O'Neal released her first studio album, '' Shiver''. The album included the back-to-back number one singles " There Is No Arizona" and " Wh ...

. It was written by O'Neal,

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, and Sonny Tillis and produced by

Keith Stegall Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955) is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two major-label studio albums: 1985's ''Keith Stegall'' and 1996's ''Passages'', although he ...

. It was released on May 12, 2003, as the lead single for what was supposed to be her second studio album ''On My Way to You'' (2003), which was intended to be released on October 7, 2003. The album was later scrapped and O'Neal would go on to leave

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by August 2003. A few songs from that album would later be included on her released second studio album ''Brave'' (2005). It was not a success, peaking at number 34 on the US

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chart. No video was made for the single.

Commercial performance

"Every Little Thing" debuted on the US ''Billboard''

the week of May 24, 2003 at number 59. It barely rose to number 58 the following week. It entered the top forty for the week of July 19, 2003 at number 38. It reached a peak position of number 34 on August 16, 2003, where it stayed for one week. It stayed for 16 weeks total on the chart.

Charts

Release history

References

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