You Move Me Explained

You Move Me
Cover:You Move Me single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Garth Brooks
Album:Sevens
Released:August 24, 1998
Recorded:1997
Studio:Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:4:35
Label:Capitol Nashville
Producer:Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:Burnin' the Roadhouse Down
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:It's Your Song
Next Year:1998

"You Move Me" is a song co-written by Gordon Kennedy and Pierce Pettis and originally recorded by American contemporary Christian music singer Susan Ashton in 1996. It was recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks (Ashton had opened for Brooks on the second leg of his 1994 European tour and provided harmony vocals on his 1997 tour of Ireland) and was released as the fourth single from his album Sevens in 1998. It hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached No. 1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Content

This song is a mostly acoustic mid-tempo song with electric guitar flourishes. The narrator talks about how his lover moves him, gets him off his feet, moves him forward, etc.[1]

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 35
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 73

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.planetgarth.com/lyrics/you_move_me.shtml
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998. RPM. December 14, 1998. July 14, 2013.
  3. Best of 1998: Country Songs . . . 1998. July 14, 2013.