"Watch the Wind Blow By" is a song written by Anders Osborne

Anders Osborne

Anders Osborne is a songwriter and singer.Anders was born in 1966 in Uddevalla, Sweden, left home at age sixteen, and hitchhiked and played music throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the U.S...

 and Dylan Altman and recorded by American

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 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 Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

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. It was released in October 2003 as the fourth and final single from McGraw's 2002 album, Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. The song reached the top of the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

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chart on March 20, 2004. It also peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Content

The narrator states that all he wants to do is relax with his lover and "watch the wind blow by."

Chart positions

"Watch the Wind Blow By" debuted at #48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of November 1, 2003.

Chart (2003-2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	32