What About Now (Lonestar song)

For the same-titled Daughtry song, see What About Now (Daughtry song).
"What About Now"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Lonely Grill
B-side"Smile"
Released
  • April 17, 2000
  • May 21, 2001 (UK)[1]
Recorded1999
Genre
Length3:32
LabelBNA 60212
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dann Huff
Lonestar singles chronology
"Smile"
(1999) 		"What About Now"
(2000) 		"Tell Her"
(2000)

"What About Now" is a song recorded by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in April 2000 as the fourth single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill and it spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was written by Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker and Anthony L. Smith.[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that what makes the single work is Richie McDonald's "endearing style, made so apparent with the mega success of 'Amazed'." She says that McDonald "projects a sincerity that propels the lyrical content nicely" and that the "crisp production" highlights the playing.[3]

Track listing

US promo CD single
  1. "What About Now" – 3:30
US vinyl 7" single
  1. "What About Now" – 3:30
  2. "Smile" – 3:33
UK & Europe CD single
  1. "What About Now" (Remix) – 3:30
  2. "What About Now" (Original Mix) – 3:26
  3. "Amazed" (Captain Mix) – 4:29

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 30
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 3
US Hot 100 (Billboard)[8] 90

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. May 19, 2001. p. 25.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ Billboard, April 15, 2000
  4. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7228." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 24, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  5. ^ "Lonestar Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Lonestar Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  8. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Retrieved 2010-09-05.
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