| Now That I Found You | |
| Cover: | Terri Clark - Now That I Found You.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Terri Clark |
| Album: | How I Feel |
| B-Side: | "Getting Even with the Blues"[1] |
| Released: | April 6, 1998 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Keith Stegall |
| Prev Title: | Something in the Water |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | You're Easy on the Eyes |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"Now That I Found You" is a song written by Paul Begaud, Vanessa Corish and J.D. Martin, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in April 1998 as the first single from her album How I Feel. On July 17, 1998, the song reached number one on the US Radio & Records chart,[2] [3] [4] number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart in July 1998[5] and number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[6]
The song was awarded both Broadcast Music, Inc. and ASCAP performance awards.[7] BMI also awarded their songwriters the BMI Millionairs award for receiving one million spins.[3]
The song was covered by Australian vocal group Human Nature on their 1999 album Counting Down and by Irish pop group Mytown on their 2000 self-titled album.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a pretty ballad that features a lovely romantic lyric and a sing-along chorus." She goes on to say that Clark "temporairly abandons the female honky-tonk stance to deliver a silky, warm vocal performance on this gentle track."[8]
The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in April 1998.
"Now That I Found You" debuted at number 74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 4, 1998. The song also reached #1 on the Radio & Records Country Chart and reached #2 on the US Hot Country Songs chart in July, 1998.
| Chart (1998) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[9] | 2 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 15 |