Wink (song)

"Wink"
Single by Neal McCoy
from the album No Doubt About It
Released	April 11, 1994
Format	Single
Genre	Country
Length	2:42
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Bob DiPiero Tom Shapiro
Producer	Barry Beckett
Neal McCoy singles chronology
"No Doubt About It" (1994) "Wink" (1994) "The City Put the Country Back in Me" (1994)

"Wink" is the title of a song written by Bob DiPiero and Tom Shapiro, and recorded by American country music singer Neal McCoy. It was released in 1994 as the second single from his 1994 album No Doubt About It. Also the second consecutive Number One from that album, "Wink" spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In 1996, the song received the Robert J. Burton award from Broadcast Music Incorporated for being the most-performed country song of the year.

Content

It is an up-tempo song in which the narrator states that, no matter how he is feeling on a particular day, he feels better once his lover winks at him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in mid-1994. It shows McCoy performing the song at an event, as well as trying to get his lover to wink, which she refuses.

Chart positions

"Wink" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 23, 1994.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	91
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Preceded by "That Ain't No Way to Go" by Brooks & Dunn	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single June 18-July 9, 1994	Succeeded by "Foolish Pride" by Travis Tritt
Preceded by "Don't Take the Girl" by Tim McGraw	RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 27-July 11, 1994