Best of Intentions
Encyclopedia
"Best of Intentions" is the title of a song written and recorded by American
country music singer Travis Tritt
. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from his album, Down the Road I Go. The song reached the top of the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart and peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also became Tritt's first Number One single since 1994, and the last Number One hit of his career.
magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that it is a "gorgeous ballad" and that "the song boasts a sweet melody and tender lyric." Price goes on to say that it is a "stirring anthem of devotion that will likely strike a chord with country listeners."
, Ernest Goes to Jail
, Last Dance
and The Green Mile
were filmed.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
country music singer Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct...
. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from his album, Down the Road I Go. The song reached the top of 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
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 and peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also became Tritt's first Number One single since 1994, and the last Number One hit of his career.
Content
The song is a ballad in which the narrator talks about his best intentions never materialize into the life he'd always planned to build for the woman he loves.Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, 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 saying that it is a "gorgeous ballad" and that "the song boasts a sweet melody and tender lyric." Price goes on to say that it is a "stirring anthem of devotion that will likely strike a chord with country listeners."
Music video
The music video for "Best of Intentions" was filmed at Tennessee State Penitentiary, where movies such as MarieMarie (film)
Marie is a 1985 film starring Sissy Spacek as the real-life Marie Ragghianti, former head of the Tennessee Board of Pardons and Paroles, who was removed from office in 1977 after refusing to release prisoners who had bribed aides to then-Governor Ray Blanton...
, Ernest Goes to Jail
Ernest Goes to Jail
Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 Touchstone Pictures comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell. It was shot in Nashville and Tennessee State Penitentiary. This is the second most successful of the Ernest films,...
, Last Dance
Last Dance (film)
Last Dance is a 1996 film starring Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid and Peter Gallagher. The prison where the film was shot is in Ridgeland, South Carolina.-Plot:...
and The Green Mile
The Green Mile (film)
The Green Mile is a 1999 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name...
were filmed.
Chart positions
"Best of Intentions" debuted at #62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 1, 2000.| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 27 |