Forever (John Michael Montgomery song)

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"Forever"
Single by John Michael Montgomery
from the album Time Flies
ReleasedOctober 18, 2008
Genre Country
Length4:44
Label Stringtown
Songwriter(s) James T. Slater
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore, John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery singles chronology
"If You Ever Went Away"
(2008)
"Forever"
(2008)

"Forever" is a song recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in October 2008 as the third single from the album Time Flies . The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [1] The song was written by James T. Slater.

John Michael Montgomery American country music artist

John Michael Montgomery is an American country music singer. Montgomery began singing with his brother Eddie, who would later become known as one half of the duo Montgomery Gentry, before beginning his major-label solo career in 1992. He has had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts, of which seven have reached number one: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold ", and "The Little Girl". 13 more have reached the top 10. "I Swear" and "Sold " were named by Billboard as the top country songs of 1994 and 1995, respectively. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with cover versions by the R&B group All-4-One. Several of Montgomery's singles crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, his highest peak there having been achieved by "Letters from Home" in 2004.

<i>Time Flies</i> (John Michael Montgomery album) album by John Michael Montgomery

Time Flies is the tenth studio album from American country music singer John Michael Montgomery. It was released October 14, 2008 on his own label, Stringtown Records, as his first studio album since Letters from Home four years previous. Three singles have been released from it. The first two, "Mad Cowboy Disease" and "If You Ever Went Away", both failed to chart on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Forever", the third single, has become his first Top 40 country hit since "Letters from Home" in 2004, peaking at number 28.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Chart performance

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 28

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot CountrySongs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 228.
  2. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.