Candle (Jason McCoy song)

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"Candle"
Single by Jason McCoy
from the album Jason McCoy
ReleasedDecember 4, 1995
Genre Country
Length3:07
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Terrine Barnes
Jason McCoy
Producer(s) Scott Baggett
Jason McCoy singles chronology
"Learning a Lot About Love"
(1995)
"Candle"
(1995)
"All the Way"
(1996)

"Candle" is a single by Canadian country music artist Jason McCoy. Released in 1995, it was the sixth single from his album Jason McCoy. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in March 1996. [1]

Contents

Content

McCoy said that he wrote the song for his sister who was a single parent early in her life. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1995–1996)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 20

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References

  1. "RPM Country Tracks". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  2. Jason McCoy bio Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2917." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. March 18, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM . December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.