I'll Be (Reba McEntire song)

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"I'll Be"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album So Good Together
B-side "When You're Not Trying"
ReleasedMarch 6, 2000
Genre Country
Length4:23
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Tony Brown, Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"What Do You Say"
(1999)
"I'll Be"
(2000)
"We're So Good Together"
(2000)

"I'll Be" is a song written by Diane Warren, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in March 2000 as the second single from her album So Good Together . The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 2000. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 51
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 28

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References

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