Love Without End, Amen
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"Love Without End, Amen" is the title of a song written by Aaron Barker and recorded by American
country music singer George Strait
. It was released in April 1990 as the lead-off single from his album, Livin' It Up, the song spent five weeks at Number One on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) chart, giving Strait his first multi-week No. 1, as his last 18 Number Ones had only spent one week at the top.
In the second verse, the narrator has now become a father, he had no doubt that his son was "just like [his] father's son", and he passes his father's secret on to his son.
In the third and final verse, the narrator dreams that he has died and is standing outside the gates of Heaven. When he has doubts if he will enter or not due to bad choices he has made in his life, a voice
from the "other side" reiterates the words he once said to his son, illustrating the ultimate "Love Without End".
United States
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country music singer George Strait
George Strait
George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
. It was released in April 1990 as the lead-off single from his album, Livin' It Up, the song spent five weeks at Number One on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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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, giving Strait his first multi-week No. 1, as his last 18 Number Ones had only spent one week at the top.
Content
The song is a mid-tempo whose narrator is a man who recalls was sent home one day from school fighting when he was a child, and he tells his father what had happened, expecting punishment from his father. Instead his father tells him that fathers always love their sons, and that such love is a "love without end, Amen".In the second verse, the narrator has now become a father, he had no doubt that his son was "just like [his] father's son", and he passes his father's secret on to his son.
In the third and final verse, the narrator dreams that he has died and is standing outside the gates of Heaven. When he has doubts if he will enter or not due to bad choices he has made in his life, a voice
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
from the "other side" reiterates the words he once said to his son, illustrating the ultimate "Love Without End".
Chart positions
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |