It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings
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"It Wouldn't to Have Wings" is the title of a song written by Jerry Foster, Roger Lavoie and Johnny Morris. It was recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt
and released in December 1995 as the second single from the album Wings
. The song reached number 7 on the U.S. Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart and number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Chesnutt "makes the trials of heartbreak sound survivable in this fiddle-laced tune that eloquently states, 'They say time can fly like a magical thing, but it sure wouldn't hurt to have wings.'"
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
and released in December 1995 as the second single from the album Wings
Wings (Mark Chesnutt album)
Wings is the sixth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, and his second for Decca Records. Released in late 1995, it features the singles "Trouble", "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings", and "Wrong Place, Wrong Time". Respectively, these reached #18, #7, and #37 on the...
. The song reached number 7 on the U.S. 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 number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
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 Chesnutt "makes the trials of heartbreak sound survivable in this fiddle-laced tune that eloquently states, 'They say time can fly like a magical thing, but it sure wouldn't hurt to have wings.'"
Chart performance
"It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 30, 1995.| Chart (1995-1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 7 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 |