Big Heart

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"Big Heart"
Single by Gibson/Miller Band
from the album Where There's Smoke...
ReleasedNovember 14, 1992
Genre Country
Length3:43
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Dave Gibson, Blue Miller, Freddy Weller
Producer(s) Doug Johnson, Blue Miller
Gibson/Miller Band singles chronology
"Big Heart"
(1992)
"High Rollin'"
(1993)

"Big Heart" is a debut song recorded by American country music group Gibson/Miller Band. It was released in November 1992 as the first single from the album Where There's Smoke... . The song reached #37 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by group members Dave Gibson and Blue Miller, along with Freddy Weller.

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Critical reception

The song was promoted to DJs with a special cassette and a questionnaire to see if DJs could guess the identities of Gibson and Miller. [2]

A review in Gavin Report wrote of the song, "They've come up with a very rockin' sound -are we calling this 'Turbo Country?'" [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1992-1993)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 37
Canadian RPM Country Tracks58

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 129.
  2. "Country club pool makes a splash". Billboard. October 17, 1992. pp. 32–33.
  3. Smith, Lisa; Cyndi Hoetzele (October 16, 1992). "New releases" (PDF). Gavin Report . p. 26. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. "Gibson/Miller Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.