All These Years
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"All These Years" is the title of a song written by Mac McAnally
, originally recorded on his 1992 album Live and Learn. It was later recorded and released in November 1992 as a single
by the group Sawyer Brown
from their album Cafe on the Corner
. Their version peaked at #3 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) chart, in addition to being a minor AC hit, peaking at #42 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
chart.
magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a downer, but effectively presented for a dreary breakup number." He goes on to says that the positive is that listeners feel like there was a "meeting of the minds"
Mac McAnally
Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
, originally recorded on his 1992 album Live and Learn. It was later recorded and released in November 1992 as a single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
by the group Sawyer Brown
Sawyer Brown
Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...
from their album Cafe on the Corner
Cafe on the Corner
Cafe on the Corner is the title of the ninth studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Their second album for Curb Records, it produced three singles on the Billboard country music charts: the title track , "All These Years" , and "Trouble on the Line"...
. Their version peaked at #3 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) chart, in addition to being a minor AC hit, peaking at #42 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
chart.
Critical reception
Larry Flick, of BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a downer, but effectively presented for a dreary breakup number." He goes on to says that the positive is that listeners feel like there was a "meeting of the minds"
Chart positions
"All These Years" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 28, 1992.| Chart (1992-1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 42 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |