She's in Love

"She's In Love"
Single by Mark Wills
from the album Wish You Were Here
B-side"Don't Think I Won't"[1]
ReleasedJune 14, 1999
GenreCountry
Length4:42
LabelMercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)Keith Stegall
Dan Hill
Producer(s)Carson Chamberlain
Mark Wills singles chronology
"Wish You Were Here"
(1999) 		"She's In Love"
(1999) 		"Back at One"
(1999)

"She's In Love" is a song written by Keith Stegall and Dan Hill, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Wills. It was released in June 1999 as the fourth and final single from his album Wish You Were Here and it was his seventh single overall; it later appears on his Greatest Hits package. It peaked at #7 on the U.S. US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Content

In the song, the narrator sings of how a friend of his has told him that she has fallen in love, and they swear to "stay in touch" and that she'll be his friend "till the day I die." The narrator notes all of the characteristics that show him that she truly has fallen in love and that it is not just something temporary; he then reflects that he wishes it were he.

Critical reception

A review in Billboard was positive, stating that Wills' "sensitive rendering of the lyric gives the song additional emotional impact".[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Charley Randazzo and premiered in June 1999.

Chart performance

"She's in Love" debuted at #65 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 19, 1999.

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 60
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 50

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 470–471. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Reviews". Billboard. June 12, 1999. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8474." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 6, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.