Perfect Love
"Perfect Love" | ||||
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Single by Trisha Yearwood | ||||
from the album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | ||||
B-side | "I Need You" | |||
Released | January 12, 1998 (1998-01-12) | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:56 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Brown, Trisha Yearwood | |||
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology | ||||
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"Perfect Love" is a song written by Sunny Russ and Stephony Smith, and recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released in January 1998 as the third and final single from her compilation album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits. The song reached the top of the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "infectious, uptempo tune that celebrates the joys of being in love." She goes on to say that Yearwood delivers the song with "her usual passion and vibrancy."[2]
Music video
The music video was directed by Gerry Wenner and premiered in January 1998. It shows Yearwood performing the song in a vintage novelty shop, and a young couple, an elderly couple, and two kids walking through the shop, trying on clothes, dancing, and looking at the toys and pictures that eventually come to life.
Chart positions
"Perfect Love" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 17, 1998.
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1998) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 27 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 19 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 403.
- ^ Billboard, January 17, 1998: Vol. 110 Iss. 3 - p. 66
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3508." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 6, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
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