Fourteen Minutes Old

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"Fourteen Minutes Old"
Single by Doug Stone
from the album Doug Stone
B-side "High Weeds and Rust"[1]
Released June 28, 1990[2]
Format CD Single, Cassingle, 7"
Genre Country
Length 2:55
Label Epic 73425
Writer(s) A.L. Owens
Dennis Knutson
Producer Doug Johnson
Doug Stone singles chronology
"I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)"
(1990)
"Fourteen Minutes Old'"
(1990)
"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye"
(1991)

"Fourteen Minutes Old" is the title of a song co-written by A.L. Owens and Dennis Knutson. It was the second single released by American country music artist Doug Stone from his 1990 self titled debut album. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #5 on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart.

[edit] Content

The song's narrator is at home by himself, counting the minutes since his lover left: "There's still some coffee in her cup / And it's not even cold / And her memory's only fourteen minutes old." This line changes to fifteen, then sixteen minutes as the song progresses.

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 405. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ AOL Music profile for "Fourteen Minutes Old"
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