I Saw the Light (Wynonna Judd song)
For other uses, see I Saw the Light (disambiguation).
"I Saw the Light" | ||||
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Single by Wynonna | ||||
from the album Wynonna | ||||
B-side | "When I Reach the Place I'm Goin'" | |||
Released | May 4, 1992 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:55 | |||
Label | MCA/Curb | |||
Writer(s) |
Andrew Gold Lisa Angelle | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Brown | |||
Wynonna singles chronology | ||||
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"I Saw the Light" is a song written by Andrew Gold and Lisa Angelle, and recorded by American country music artist Wynonna. It was released in May 1992 as the second single from Wynonna's self-titled debut album, it was also that album's second Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It was also ranked by Billboard as the Number One country hit for 1992.
Content
The narrator of the song discovers her lover is cheating on her when she peeks through the windows of his house and sees him romancing another woman, and afterward announces that she is leaving him.
Chart performance
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[1] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1992) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 8 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
References
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2003." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 18, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Wynonna – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Wynonna.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
Preceded by "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single July 4-July 18, 1992 |
Succeeded by "The River" by Garth Brooks |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 18-August 1, 1992 | ||
Preceded by "Don't Rock the Jukebox" by Alan Jackson |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number one single of the year 1992 |
Succeeded by "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson |
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