"Go On" | ||||
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Single by George Strait | ||||
from the album George Strait | ||||
B-side | " Murder on Music Row" [1] | |||
Released | July 10, 2000 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
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Label | MCA Nashville #172169 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Tony Martin Mark Nesler | |||
Producer(s) |
Tony Brown George Strait [2] | |||
George Strait singles chronology | ||||
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"Go On" is a song written by Mark Nesler and Tony Martin, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in July 2000 as the lead-off single from his self-titled album.
The narrator lends a sympathetic ear to a woman who caught her ex-lover cheating. The narrator keeps interrupting her and then apologizes and tells her to "go on". The song hints at the beginning of a new relationship with the narrator and the woman.
An uncredited article from the Toledo Blade said that "Go On" was "typical of Strait's style on many of his mid-tempo songs[…]and the lyrics give a clever but mature view about life going on in the wake of a broken heart." [3] Greg Crawford, in an article from the Orlando Sentinel, said that Strait "push[es] the rarely heard upper limits of his vocal range," [4] and an uncredited Hartford Courant review wrote that the song had a "breezy chorus hook." [5] Chuck Taylor in his review of the single for Billboard Magazine said that the song has a "conversational quality that almost makes listeners feel as if they are eavesdropping on a private discussion and privy to the beginnings of a blossoming new romance." He also said that Strait delivers the lyric effortlessly and that the song has a "lilting, inviting melody that is perfectly suited for summertime airwaves." [6]
"Go On" debuted at number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 29, 2000. The song spent twenty-two weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, peaking at number two and holding the position for three weeks. [1] The song also reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for the week ending October 16, 2000, and held that position for one week. [7] The song's b-side, " Murder on Music Row", charted at number 38 on the country music charts within the same timespan.
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM) [8] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] | 40 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [10] | 2 |
Chart (2000) | Position |
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US Country Songs ( Billboard) [11] | 31 |
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