Sacred Ground (song)
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| "Sacred Ground" | ||||
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| Single by Kix Brooks | ||||
| from the album Kix Brooks | ||||
| B-side | "The Story of My Life" | |||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Songwriters | Kix Brooks, Vernon Rust | |||
| Producers | Rafe Van Hoy Kix Brooks | |||
| Kix Brooks singles chronology | ||||
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"Sacred Ground" is a country music song, co-written and originally recorded by American country music singer Kix Brooks, prior to his joining Ronnie Dunn in the duo Brooks & Dunn. Brooks' version was issued in 1989 as a single, and was included on his 1989 self-titled debut album.
A second version was recorded three years later by the American country music band McBride & the Ride. Released in 1992, that version would become the group's highest-charting hit, reaching a peak of #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
"Sacred Ground" is a mid-tempo ballad centralizing on a male narrator, who is talking to another man with whom it is implied that his wife had an emotional (and possibly physical) affair. In the first verse, the singer tells of how he married at an early age, and had to work various jobs to sustain his family. In the second chorus, he expresses his intention to reconcile with his wife and asks the other man to not interfere (possibly out of concern that the wife may continue the affair or at least not discourage his continued attention). He defends his relationship with his wife in the chorus: "We were joined in the eyes of the Lord in the eyes of our hometown / Why don't you leave her alone / You're treadin' on sacred ground".
