From Here to Eternity (Michael Peterson song) explained

From Here to Eternity
Cover:Michael Peterson Eternity single.png
Type:single
Artist:Michael Peterson
Album:Michael Peterson
Released:September 8, 1997
Genre:Country
Length:3:36
Label:Reprise
Producer:Robert Ellis Orrall
Josh Leo
Prev Title:Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Too Good to Be True
Next Year:1998

"From Here to Eternity" is a song recorded by American country music artist Michael Peterson, who co-wrote the song with Robert Ellis Orrall. It was released in September 1997 as the second single from his first album, Michael Peterson, becoming his only number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year.

Content

Peterson claims that the single is a "pretty spiritual song" and that he wrote the song "about faith and it came out as a country song".[1] It is set at a moderate tempo with a vocal range from D4 to A5. The song begins in the key of G major, and transposes a whole step upward to A major halfway through the final chorus.[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "well-written ballad, ripe with sweet emotion." She goes on to say that Peterson's vocal "perfectly captures the warmth and feeling in the lyric."[3]

Music video

The music video, directed by Steven Goldmann, was filmed in Point Reyes and west Marin County, California.

Chart positions

"From Here to Eternity" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 13, 1997.

Notes and References

  1. News: An Interview with Michael Peterson . https://web.archive.org/web/20060625142924/http://countrystarsonline.com/Christian%20Reviews/MichaelPeterson_CL.htm . dead . 2006-06-25 . Lamitschka . Christian .
  2. Book: Contemporary Country. Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. 1st. 62–66. 0-634-01594-X.
  3. Billboard, September 13, 1997