In a Different Light (song)

"In a Different Light"
Single by Doug Stone
from the album Doug Stone
B-side	"Turn This Thing Around"
Released	February 1991
Format	CD single, 7" single
Recorded	1990
Genre	Country
Length	3:28
Label	Epic 73741
Writer(s)	Bucky Jones, Dickey Lee, Bob McDill
Producer	Doug Johnson
Doug Stone singles chronology
"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" (1991) "In a Different Light" (1991) "I Thought It Was You" (1991)

"In a Different Light" is a song recorded by country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth and final single from his 1990 debut album. It peaked at #1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming his first number one hit.

Song content

The song is about a male administrative assistant who has a fantasy-come-true about one of his co-worker, a female office administrator who -- despite her apparent youthful appearance -- is always bespectacled, her hair in a bun and conservatively dressed in business attire. The protagonist takes note of his male co-workers' lack of interest in the woman, while not letting on (to them) about his social encounters with the woman.

It is during these encounters that the protagonist reveals that "I see you (the co-worker) in a different light," remarking that he had seen the woman with her hair worn long and with "love in your eyes," revealing her physical beauty to him.

Chart positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	1

References

Preceded by "If I Know Me" by George Strait	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single May 25, 1991	Succeeded by "Meet in the Middle" by Diamond Rio
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 8, 1991