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"I've Come to Expect It from You" is a song written by
Buddy Cannon Buddy Cannon (born April 20, 1947 in Lexington, Tennessee) is an American country music songwriter and record producer active since the 1970s best known for his work with Kenny Chesney and Willie Nelson. Career Cannon began working in Nashvill ...
and
Dean Dillon Dean Dillon (born Larry Dean Flynn; March 26, 1955) is an American country musician and songwriter. Between 1982 and 1993, he recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Since 1 ...
, and recorded by American
country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
artist
George Strait George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait has sold over 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He holds ...
. It was released in October 1990 as the third and final single from his album '' Livin' It Up''. It peaked at number 1 on both the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. In the United States it stayed at number 1 for five weeks. In Canada, it reached number 1 in January 1991 and stayed there for one week.


Content

The song is about the male narrator describing his ex-lover's apathetic attitude. It is composed in the key of
B-flat major B-flat major is a major scale based on B, with pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its parallel minor is B-flat minor. The B-flat major scale is: Changes needed for ...
with a main chord pattern of F7-B.


Critical reception

Rating it "A", Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe wrote that "It’s nervy and angry, with a thread of bitterness that Strait has rarely explored in his work."


Chart performance


Year-end charts


References

1990 singles George Strait songs Songs written by Dean Dillon Songs written by Buddy Cannon Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen MCA Records singles 1990 songs {{1990-country-song-stub