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"Deeper Than The Holler" 
Single by Randy Travis from the album Old 8x10 B-side "It's Out of My Hands" Released November 14, 1988 Format 7" 45 RPM, 3" CD single Genre Country Length 3:39 Label Warner Bros. 27689 Writer(s) Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz Randy Travis singles chronology "Honky Tonk Moon"
(1988)"Deeper Than the Holler"
(1988)"Is It Still Over?"
(1989)"Deeper Than The Holler" is a single released by American country music singer Randy Travis and written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. The second single released from Travis's 1988 album, Old 8x10, the song was his eighth Number One single, and his sixth consecutive.
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Content
"Deeper Than the Holler" is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator describes his love for his woman. He starts by saying that he's heard many people sing about how they love their loved ones, and using metaphors to describe it. The man then decides to sing his song about how he feels about his lover.
In the second verse, the narrator sings on how there are "at least a million love songs that people love to sing" about their true love.
German Release
A 3" CD single was released in Germany (cat. #W7804CD9210082) featuring the same cover as "I Told You So". The songs "I Told You So", "1982" and "No Place Like Home" were included.
Chart performance
The song debuted at #42 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated November 19, 1988, and rocketed its way into the Top 30 the next week, moving up from #42 to #28.[1] It charted for 18 weeks on that chart, and became Travis' eighth Number One single on the country chart dated January 28, 1989. In addition, it was his sixth consecutive Number One.
Chart (1988-1989) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 References
Preceded by
"She's Crazy for Leavin'"
by Rodney CrowellBillboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
January 28, 1989Succeeded by
"What I'd Say"
by Earl Thomas ConleyAlbums · Singles Studio albums Randy Traywick · Storms of Life · Always & Forever · Old 8×10 · No Holdin' Back · Heroes & Friends · High Lonesome · Wind in the Wire · This Is Me · Full Circle · You and You Alone · A Man Ain't Made of Stone · Inspirational Journey · Rise and Shine · Worship & Faith · Passing Through · Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise · Around the Bend · Anniversary Celebration · Blessed AssuranceCompilation albums Greatest Hits, Volume 1 · Greatest Hits, Volume 2 · Forever & Ever... The Best of Randy Travis · Greatest #1 Hits · Super Hits, Volume 1 · Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology · The Essential Randy Travis · The Very Best of Randy Travis · I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis · Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis · I'll Fly Away · Top 10 · Randy TravisHoliday albums An Old Time Christmas · Songs of the SeasonLive albums Randy Ray: Live at the Nashville Palace · Live: It Was Just a Matter of TimeNotable singles "1982" · "On the Other Hand" · "Diggin' Up Bones" · "No Place Like Home" · "Forever and Ever, Amen" · "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" · "Too Gone Too Long" · "I Told You So" · "Honky Tonk Moon" · "Deeper Than the Holler" · "Is It Still Over?" · "Promises" · "It's Just a Matter of Time" · "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" · "He Walked on Water" · "A Few Ole Country Boys" · "Heroes and Friends" · "Point of Light" · "Forever Together" · "Better Class of Losers" · "I'd Surrender All" · "If I Didn't Have You" · "Look Heart, No Hands" · "Cowboy Boogie" · "Before You Kill Us All" · "Whisper My Name" · "This Is Me" · "The Box" · "Out of My Bones" · "The Hole" · "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" · "Stranger in My Mirror" · "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" · "Three Wooden Crosses"Categories:- 1989 singles
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- Randy Travis songs
- Songs written by Don Schlitz
- Songs written by Paul Overstreet
- 1980s country song stubs
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