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"Not Counting You"
Song
B-side"Cowboy Bill"

"Not Counting You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 1990 as the third single from his album Garth Brooks. It peaked at #2 in the United States, while it was a number-one in Canada. According to "The Garth Brooks Story" T.V. special, this was the first song Garth Brooks ever recorded.

Content

The song is an up-tempo song accompanied largely by fiddles. The song's narrator tells his ex-lover that not counting her, no woman has ever made him so blue, nor made him feel bad in any way.

Track listing

7" Jukebox single Liberty B-44492, 1990

  1. "Not Counting You"
  2. "Cowboy Bill"

7" promotional single Liberty P-B-44492, 1990

  1. "Not Counting You"
  2. "Not Counting You"

Chart positions

"Not Counting You" debuted the country charts on January 20, 1990 and peaked at number 2 on April 7 of that year.[1]

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 29
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 20

References

  1. ^ "Garth info at PlanetGarth.com". Archived from the original on February 23, 1999. Retrieved 1999-02-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9036." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 21, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.