"You Will" is a single release by Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and...

, recorded at Sony/Epic in the early spring of 1993. It was included on her first album with Epic Records, Only What I Feel

Only What I Feel

Only What I Feel is the sixth album, and the first since signing with Epic Records in 1992, recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in 1993. Four tracks from the album made in into the Billboard top 20 country singles charts, including the #1 "Blame It on Your Heart" and...

, her sixth career album. The single was released in November 1993. It was the third single released from the album. "You Will" was also recorded as the title track of Canadian

Canada

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 country singer Anne Murray

Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

's 1990 album

You Will (album)

You Will is a studio album by Anne Murray issued in 1990. The album peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:#"Hold Me "#"New Way Out"#"Bluebird"#"Wrong End of the Rainbow"...

.

Background

This song was one which Loveless originally recorded in the summer of 1992 for MCA Records

MCA Records

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, and in fact performed on a September 1992 CBS-TV special "Women in Country". However, the condition of her vocal cords had deteriorated to the point that medicine was ineffective, and surgery was necessary in order for her to continue her career. On October 21, she had the surgery. After a nine-week recovery period, she and her husband/producer Emory Gordy, Jr. went back into the recording studio to pick up where they had stopped the previous fall. Due to her surgery, the tone of her voice had changed, and all of the material she had recorded the previous summer had to be re-recorded. The first song Patty re-recorded was "You Will".

"You Will" charted for 23 weeks on the Billboard

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 Hot Country Singles and Tracks

Hot Country Songs

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chart, reaching #6 during the week of February 19, 1994.

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	43