Forgive (song)

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"Forgive"
Single by Rebecca Lynn Howard
from the album Forgive
B-side "Pink Flamingo Kind of Love"[1]
Released May 6, 2002
Format CD Single
Genre Country
Length 3:58
Label MCA Nashville
Writer(s) Trey Bruce, Rebecca Lynn Howard
Producer Trey Bruce, Steve Fishell, Mark Wright
Rebecca Lynn Howard singles chronology
"I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"
(2000)
"Forgive"
(2002)
"What a Shame"
(2003)

"Forgive" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard. It was released in May 2002 as the only single from Howard's 2002 studio album Forgive, and the only Top 40 country hit of her career. The song peaked at #12 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is also featured on the soundtrack to NBC drama series Providence.

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[edit] Music video

The music video was directed by Morgan Lawley and premiered in mid-2002.

[edit] Critical reception

Maria Konicki Dinoia of Allmusic called the song "chill-inducing" and a "masterpiece" in her review of the album.[2]

[edit] Chart positions

"Forgive" debuted at #56 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated May 11, 2002 and spent 30 weeks on the chart.[1]

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 71

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ Dinoia, Maria Konicki. "Forgive". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r606618. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
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