I Sure Can Smell the Rain

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"I Sure Can Smell the Rain"
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Single by Blackhawk
from the album Blackhawk
B-side "Stone by Stone"
ReleasedAugust 22, 1994
Recorded1993
Genre Country
Length3:37
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Walt Aldridge
John Jarrard
Producer(s) Mark Bright
Tim DuBois
Blackhawk singles chronology
"Every Once in a While"
(1994)
"I Sure Can Smell the Rain"
(1994)
"Down in Flames"
(1994)

"I Sure Can Smell the Rain" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and John Jarrard, and recorded by American country music band Blackhawk. It was released in August 1994 as the third single from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 9 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and at number 8 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks.

Contents

Content

The song is an introspective ballad about a relationship falling apart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marius Penczner, who also directed the video for "Goodbye Says It All".

Chart performance

The song entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on the week of September 2, 1994, and peaked at number 9 on the week of November 12, 1994. [1]

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 8
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 95

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References

  1. Billboard , November 12, 1994
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2667." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  3. "Blackhawk Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM . December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.