The Song Remembers When (song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Song Remembers When
Artist = Trisha Yearwood
from Album = The Song Remembers When
Released = 1993
Genre = Country
Length = 3:56
Label = MCA
Writer = Hugh Prestwood
Producer = Garth Fundis
Chart position =
Last single = "Down on My Knees"
(1993)
This single = "The Song Remembers When"
(1993)
Next single = "Better Your Heart Than Mine"
(1994)
Misc =

"The Song Remembers When" is a song and a single released by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was the title track and lead single off her third studio album, and was released as a single in 1993.

tory

"The Song Remembers When" is a slow ballad written by Hugh Prestwood and was written for the title track of her third studio album. The song is about a woman who hears a song while waiting for change at a store. She remembers that this was the song she listened to with her ex-lover, and hearing the song brought back the memory of when the woman and her lover were together. The woman remembers how she tried get rid of the memory while standing at the counter:

::"After driving out the memory, of the way things might have been"::"After I've forgotten all about us"::"The song remembers when."

The woman remembers when she first heard the song out in the Rocky Mountains, and how much she liked the song. However then she remembers, the relationship with her lover ended, but she couldn't remember why. The basic theme of the song is although she might have forgotten the memory of her relationship, the song helps her remember when it happened.

Chart performance and music video

Yearwood had previoulsy had a string of hit singles from her previous album, "Hearts in Armor". "The Song Remembers When" was released in late 1993 following this success. The single became a major hit that year, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart, and became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #82. It also reached #1 on the "RPM" country charts in Canada.

The single was one of the string of major hits, Yearwood would have over the next couple of years, which would later include "How Do I Live," "In Another's Eyes," and "Perfect Love." [Wolff, Kurt (2000). In "Country Music: The Rough Guide". Orla Duane, Editor. London: Rough Guides Ltd. p. 548.]

A music video was made for the song as well. The music video showed Yearwood performing at large theatre with people surrounding her from every angle.

Chart performance

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