Out of My Bones

"Out of My Bones"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album You and You Alone
B-side"Brinks Truck"
ReleasedMarch 2, 1998
Recorded1998
GenreCountry
Length2:45
LabelDreamWorks 59007
Songwriter(s)Gary Burr, Robin Lerner, Sharon Vaughn
Producer(s)James Stroud, Byron Gallimore, Randy Travis
Randy Travis singles chronology
"Price to Pay"
(1997) 		"Out of My Bones"
(1998) 		"The Hole"
(1998)

"Out of My Bones" is a song recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in March 1998 as the lead-off single from his CD You and You Alone. The song peaked at number two on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, while it was a number-one hit in Canada. It was written by Gary Burr, Robin Lerner, and Sharon Vaughn.

Content

The narrator is having a hard time forgetting a lost love. He describes what he can do to get her memory "out of his bones" including wishing he had amnesia.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling his vocal performance "powerful" and saying that the production is "full but not overblown." She goes on to say that the record should "remind programmers that the warmth and feeling in Travis' country baritone are among the format's most precious treasures."[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 64
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 25
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 27

References

  1. ^ Billboard, March 7, 1998
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3571." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 1, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  3. ^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.


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