I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way Explained

I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
Type:single
Artist:Aaron Tippin
Album:Read Between the Lines
B-Side:What I Can't Live Without
Released:June 22, 1992
Genre:Country
Length:3:11
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Emory Gordy Jr.
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Prev Year:1992
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Next Year:1992

"I Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin. It was released in June 1992 as the second single from the album, Read Between the Lines. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was written by Tippin and Butch Curry.[1]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "bright, feisty, and up-tempo manifesto of individuality, somewhat in the vein of Tippin's previous hit 'You've Got to Stand for Something.'"[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Marius Penczner and premiered in May 1992. The video shows employees buying and running the factory that was about to be sold out from under them.

Chart performance

"I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of June 20, 1992

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 94
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 60

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. August 2008. 207. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Billboard, July 4, 1992
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992. RPM. December 19, 1992. August 15, 2013.
  4. Web site: Best of 1992: Country Songs . . . 1992. August 15, 2013.