"How Forever Feels" is the title of a song written by Wendell Mobley and Tony Mullins, and recorded by American country music

Country music

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 artist Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney

Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S...

. It was released in December 1998 as the first single released from his album, Everywhere We Go

Everywhere We Go

Everywhere We Go is the fifth album of country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on March 2, 1999 on BNA Records. The first in his career to receive 2× Platinum certification for sales of two million copies, it produced four singles: "How Forever Feels", "You Had Me from Hello", "She...

. The song reached the top of the U.S. Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

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 chart and the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It also peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Background

Chesney told Billboard

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magazine that he almost didn't get to release the song because Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

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 had cut it. McGraw decided not to release it and after Chesney's version hit number-one, McGraw told him "I'm glad you cut it. It just didn't work for me." Chesney went on to say that the song originally appealed to him because "it's the only love song I know of that has both Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett

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 and Richard Petty

Richard Petty

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 in it."

Content

The song's narrator is a young man who talks about how fun his life has been, and there is something missing: a love with his partner he had for a long time.

Chart performance

"How Forever Feels" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 12, 1998.

Chart (1998/1999)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... )	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	84