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"Suspicions" is a country music song. It was originally recorded and released as a single in 1979 by Eddie Rabbitt from his album Loveline; his version was a number one hit on the Billboard country music chart and a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song saw renewed popularity in 2007-08, when Tim McGraw recorded and released a cover version on his album Let It Go.

Eddie Rabbitt version

"Suspicions"
Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album Loveline
B-side"I Don't Wanna Make Love (With Anyone Else but You)" [1]
ReleasedMay 1979
Recorded1979
Genre Soft rock
Length4:20
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
" Every Which Way but Loose"
(1979) 		"Suspicions"
(1979) 		" Pour Me Another Tequila"
(1979)
Music video
Listen to "Suspicions" (1979 TV performance) on YouTube

The song was the first single from Rabbitt's 1979 album Loveline, "Suspicions" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in August. "Suspicions" also continued Rabbitt's rise as a crossover artist; peaking at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was his highest peak on the pop chart to that time. It was also a Top 10 Adult Contemporary hit on the charts of both the U.S. and Canada.

Rabbitt said that he wrote the song "in five minutes in the studio during a lunch break." [2]

"Suspicions" was named Broadcast Music Incorporated's Song of the Year a year later. [3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [4] 66
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 13
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) [7] 9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 41
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 85
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) [9] 39
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [10] 18

Tim McGraw version

"Suspicions"
Single by Tim McGraw
from the album Let It Go
ReleasedNovember 26, 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Country
Length5:17 (album version)
4:13 (radio edit)
Label Curb
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tim McGraw singles chronology
" If You're Reading This"
(2007) 		"Suspicions"
(2007) 		" Kristofferson"
(2008)

In 2007, country music artist Tim McGraw recorded a cover of "Suspicions" for his album Let It Go. McGraw's cover of the song originally peaked at #56 in early 2007 from unsolicited airplay shortly after the release of Let It Go.

Ken Tucker of Billboard described McGraw's cover positively, saying that McGraw sings "like a man who knows what it's like to have heads turn when your wife walks into the room." [11]

McGraw's version was released on November 26, 2007 the fourth single from the album (counting "If You're Reading This", only available on later presses). The cover version peaked at #12 on Billboard Hot Country Songs in February 2008, becoming the second Top 40 hit of Tim's career to miss the Top 10. [12]

Chart performance

Chart (2007–2008) Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard) [13] 12
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [14] 12
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 87

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 337. ISBN  978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Edwards, Joe (7 July 1985). "A Beer Helped Make Eddie Rabbitt Famous". Star-News. Associated Press. p. 8E.
  3. ^ "Randy McCormick". Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  8. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  9. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  11. ^ Tucker, Ken (31 March 2007). "Let It Go review". Billboard.
  12. ^ Whitburn, p. 273
  13. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


External links

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