Powerful Thing
| "Powerful Thing" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Trisha Yearwood | ||||
| from the album Where Your Road Leads | ||||
| B-side | "Never Let You Go Again" | |||
| Released | November 16, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Al Anderson Sharon Vaughn | |||
| Producer(s) | Tony Brown Trisha Yearwood | |||
| Trisha Yearwood singles chronology | ||||
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"Powerful Thing" is a song written by Al Anderson and Sharon Vaughn, and recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released in November 1998 as the third single from her album Where Your Road Leads. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1999[1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "perky and playful." She goes on to say that while the lyric is "slightly clichéd", the song makes up for it because of her "incredible voice and tons of personality."[3]
Chart performance
[edit]"Powerful" debuted at number seventy on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 28, 1998.
| Chart (1998–1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 50 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 6 |
Year-end charts
[edit]| Chart (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 13 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 39 |
References
[edit]- ^ Trisha Yearwood Chart History
- ^ RPM Country Tracks
- ^ Billboard, November 28, 1998: Vol. 110 Iss. 48 - p. 20
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7368." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 29, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
| Trisha Yearwood | |
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| Hearts in Armor |
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| The Song Remembers When | |
| Thinkin' About You | |
| Everybody Knows | |
| (Songbook) A Collection of Hits |
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| Where Your Road Leads |
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| Real Live Woman | |
| Inside Out |
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| Jasper County | |
| Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love | |
| PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit | |
| Every Girl | |
| Guest singles |
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| Other singles |
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