Like There Ain't No Yesterday Explained

Like There Ain't No Yesterday
Cover:Blackhawk.likethereaintnoyesterday.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Blackhawk
Album:Strong Enough
B-Side:A Kiss Is Worth a Thousand Words
Released:November 6, 1995
Recorded:1995
Genre:Country
Length:3:17
Label:Arista Nashville
Producer:Mark Bright
Prev Title:I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Almost a Memory Now
Next Year:1996

"Like There Ain't No Yesterday" is a song recorded by American country music band Blackhawk. It was released in November 1995 as the second single from their album Strong Enough. It peaked at number 3 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, while it was their second number-one hit in Canada. The song was written by Walt Aldridge and Mark Narmore.

Content

The song's narrator has lost a former lover in the past, but he knows that that was then, and he decides to find someone new, and love her like there ain't no yesterday.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Paul's voice grabs you and pulls you into this well-written tune "from the a capella opening line." She goes on to say that Robbins and Van Stephenson "add their considerable talents, and the result is one of the best country singles this year."[1]

Chart performance

"Like There Ain't No Yesterday" debuted at number 71 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of November 11, 1995, and peaked at number 3 on the week of February 17, 1996. It reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada on the week of February 26, 1996.

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 30
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 73

Notes and References

  1. Billboard, November 11, 1995
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996. RPM. December 16, 1996. July 20, 2013.
  3. Web site: Best of 1996: Country Songs . . . 1996. July 20, 2013.