If I Could Bottle This Up
| "If I Could Bottle This Up" | |
|---|---|
| Single by George Jones with Shelby Lynne | |
| from the album Friends in High Places | |
| B-side | "I Always Get It Right with You" |
| Released | September 3, 1988 |
| Recorded | March 3, 1988 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:13 |
| Label | Epic |
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon |
| Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill |
| George Jones singles chronology | |
| Shelby Lynne singles chronology | |
"If I Could Bottle This Up" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Dean Dillon. It was recorded as a duet by country singers George Jones and Shelby Lynne and released as a single in September 1988, peaking at #43.[1] It was Lynne's first single release and she would follow it with her debut LP Sunrise , which Billy Sherrill would also produce. The song would later surface on the Jones duet compilation Friends in High Places in 1991.
George Jones version
[edit ]Chart performance
[edit ]| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard )[2] | 43 |
Paul Overstreet version
[edit ]| "If I Could Bottle This Up" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Paul Overstreet | |
| from the album Heroes | |
| B-side | "The Mountains Disappear" |
| Released | November 23, 1991 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:49 |
| Label | RCA Nashville |
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon |
| Producer(s) | Brown Bannister, Paul Overstreet |
| Paul Overstreet singles chronology | |
Overstreet released his own version of the song in November 1991 as the fourth single from his album Heroes . The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[3]
Chart performance
[edit ]| Chart (1991–1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard )[4] | 30 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 33 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 174.
- ^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 248.
- ^ "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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