"She Was" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Melton and Neal Coty

Neal Coty

Neal Lee Coty is an American country music artist. A musician from an early age, Coty has recorded two studio albums, both on divisions of Mercury Records...

, and recorded by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Mark Chesnutt

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...

. It was released in February 2002 as the lead-off single from his 2002 self-titled album

Mark Chesnutt (album)

Mark Chesnutt is the tenth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His only album for the Columbia Records Nashville label, it features the singles "She Was", "I Want My Baby Back" and "I'm in Love with a Married Woman", which peaked at #11, #47, and #48, respectively,...

. It peaked at #11 in the United States country music charts, and #62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart..

Content

The song describes a girl who is asked if she's sure that her lover is the one, and she was. It then describes the life of the same woman who knew what she wanted and did it. At the end of the song it is revealed that the narrator is a child of the mother.

Chart performance

"She Was" debuted at #51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of February 9, 2002.

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	62