Wink (song) explained

Wink
Cover:Wink single cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Neal McCoy
Album:No Doubt About It
Released:April 11, 1994
Genre:Country
Length:2:42
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Barry Beckett
Prev Title:No Doubt About It
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:The City Put the Country Back in Me
Next Year:1994

"Wink" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Tom Shapiro, and recorded by American country music singer Neal McCoy. It was released in April 1994 as the second single from his album No Doubt About It. Also the second consecutive Number One from that album, "Wink" spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in June and July of that year. In 1996, the song received the Robert J. Burton award from Broadcast Music Incorporated for being the most-performed country song of the year.[1]

Content

It is an up-tempo song in which the narrator states that, no matter how he is feeling on a particular day, he feels better once his lover winks at him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in mid-1994. It shows McCoy performing the song at an event, as well as trying to get his lover to wink, which she refuses.

Chart positions

"Wink" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 23, 1994.

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 2
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Shapiro: 2002 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year . 2008-02-26 . 2002-11-05 . Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.
  3. Best of 1994: Country Songs . . . 1994. August 4, 2013.