"For A Little While" is the title of a song written by Steve Mandile, Jerry Vandiver

Jerry Vandiver

Jerry Vandiver is an American songwriter and musician. He has had two top ten singles and 5 charted singles on the Billboard Country charts. Vandiver's songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Gene Watson, Phil Vassar, Lonestar, The Oak Ridge Boys, Lee Greenwood, Barbara Mandrell, Dusty Drake and...

, and Phil Vassar

Phil Vassar

Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...

. It was recorded by American

United States

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 country music artist Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...

 and was released in November 1998 as the sixth and final single from his 1997 album, Everywhere.. The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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 Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Content

The song is about a man's wistful reminiscing. He is remembering the summertime that he spent with a girl who is no longer with him.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of 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...

 magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the "gentle rolling piano, sturdy fiddle, and out-in-front guitar work make the strong melody come alive, but McGraw's vocal is what really sells this song."

Chart performance

The song debuted at #74 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated November 7, 1998. It charted for twenty weeks on that chart, and peaked at #2 on the chart dated February 6, 1999. It also peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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Charts

Chart (1998-1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	37
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

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• Phil Vassar
  Phil Vassar
  Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...
  
  , who co-wrote the song, recorded a version of it for his 2006 album, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1.