It Was

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B-side"Rubbin' It In"
ReleasedOctober 4, 1999
Length3:51
"It Was"
Single by Chely Wright
from the album Single White Female
B-side"Rubbin' It In"
ReleasedOctober 4, 1999
GenreCountry
Length3:51
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Mark Wright
Gary Burr
Producer(s)Tony Brown
Buddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
Chely Wright singles chronology
"Single White Female"
(1999)
"It Was"
(1999)
"She Went Out for Cigarettes"
(2000)

"It Was" is a song recorded by American country music artist Chely Wright. The song was released on October 4, 1999 by MCA Nashville as the second single from her fourth studio album Single White Female (1999). It was written by Mark Wright and Gary Burr and was produced by Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon, and Norro Wilson.

The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 2000.[1]

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a favorable review, saying that it "has a hauntingly beautiful melody and affecting lyric about the mercurial nature of love" and that "Wright possesses a strong voice, full of emotional depth and presence."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in August 1999.[3]

Chart performance

Release history

References

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