No Place That Far (song)

"No Place That Far"
Single by Sara Evans
from the album No Place That Far
B-side	"Cryin' Game"[1]
Released	September 28, 1998
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	3:37
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Sara Evans Tony Martin Tom Shapiro
Producer	Norro Wilson Buddy Cannon
Sara Evans singles chronology
"Cryin' Game" (1998) "No Place That Far" (1998) "Fool, I'm a Woman" (1999)
Music video "No Place That Far" at CMT.com

"No Place That Far" is a song on the No Place That Far album by American country music singer Sara Evans. It was her first Top 40 song on the Hot Country Songs chart, as well as her first #1 country single. An acoustic version of "No Place That Far" without backing vocals was included on Evans' compilation album, Feels Like Home.

Content

"No Place That Far" begins in the key of C major, with the last chorus and ending performed in the key of D major.^[2] Evans' vocals range from G3 to B4.^[2] Vince Gill provides backing vocals.^[1]

In it, the female narrator states that she will do anything to keep her lover near her.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "evocative ballad that should help her win long-overdue acceptance at country radio." She goes on to say that Evans voice has a "richness and vibrancy that soar powerfully above the fiddle and piano on the lustrous chorus." Price calls the lyric "memorable, poignant - emotional bus not mushy."^[3]

Music video

A music video was released for the song directed by Thom Oliphant. The video takes place in a forest with Evans dressed in a black and red dress with Vince Gill behind her as they perform the song.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 69 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 3, 1998. "No Place That Far" spent thirty weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, peaking at Number One on the chart dated for the week ending March 6, 1999.^[1] The song was Evans' first Top 40 country hit on both the country and Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at 37 on the latter.^[1]

Chart (1998-1999)	Peak position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	37
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	4

Preceded by "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Mark Chesnutt

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single March 6, 1999

Succeeded by "You Were Mine" by Dixie Chicks

Other cover versions

• In 2000, the song was recorded by Westlife on their album Coast to Coast.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 138. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 200–205. ISBN 0-634-91594-x. 
3. ^ Billboard, November 7, 1998
4. ^ "Sara Evans Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Sara Evans. Prometheus Global Media.
5. ^ "Sara Evans Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Sara Evans. Prometheus Global Media.