Just to See You Smile

"Just to See You Smile"
Single by Tim McGraw
from the album Everywhere
B-side	"One of These Days"
Released	August 9, 1997 (1997-08-09)
Format	CD single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	3:33
Label	Curb
Writer(s)	Mark Nesler, Tony Martin
Producer	Byron Gallimore, James Stroud
Tim McGraw singles chronology
"Everywhere" (1997) "Just to See You Smile" (1997) "One of These Days" (1998)

"Just to See You Smile" is the title of a song written by Mark Nesler and Tony Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in August 1997 as the third single from the album Everywhere. Having spent 42 weeks on the Billboard chart, "Just to See You Smile" also set what was then a record for being the longest-running single on the Billboard country charts since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990. This was also the longest chart run for any country single in the 1990s.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying McGraw "plays his cards so close to his chest that upon first listen, you may only pick up on his unconditional love and selflessness toward the girl who’s been stringing him along for all these years."

Track Listing

Single

1. Just To See You Smile 3:34
2. Everywhere 4:50

Chart performance

"Just to See You Smile" debuted in August 1997 and surged in November. It became McGraw's third consecutive No. 1 single from Everywhere, spending six weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January and February 1998. It was also McGraw's second single to be declared by Billboard as the Number One country single of the year. No music video was made for this song.

Chart positions

Chart (1997-1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Preceded by "A Broken Wing" by Martina McBride	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single January 17-February 21, 1998	Succeeded by "What If I Said" by Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner
Preceded by "The Kind of Heart That Breaks" by Chris Cummings	RPM Country Tracks number-one single February 9, 1998	Succeeded by "Walk This Road" by Bruce Guthro
Preceded by "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single of the year 1998	Succeeded by "Amazed" by Lonestar

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics