If I Could Bottle This Up

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"If I Could Bottle This Up"
Single by George Jones with Shelby Lynne
from the album Friends in High Places
B-side "I Always Get It Right with You"
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1988
RecordedMarch 3, 1988
Genre Country
Length3:13
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
George Jones singles chronology
"The Old Man No One Loves"
(1988)
"If I Could Bottle This Up"
(1988)
"I'm a One Woman Man"
(1988)
Shelby Lynne singles chronology
"If I Could Bottle This Up"
(1988)
"Under Your Spell Again"
(1989)

"If I Could Bottle This Up" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Dean Dillon. It was recorded as a duet by country singers George Jones and Shelby Lynne and released as a single in September 1988, peaking at #43. [1] It was Lynne's first single release and she would follow it with her debut LP Sunrise , which Billy Sherrill would also produce. The song would later surface on the Jones duet compilation Friends in High Places in 1991.

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George Jones version

Chart performance

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 43

Paul Overstreet version

"If I Could Bottle This Up"
Single by Paul Overstreet
from the album Heroes
B-side "The Mountains Disappear"
ReleasedNovember 23, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:49
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon
Producer(s) Brown Bannister, Paul Overstreet
Paul Overstreet singles chronology
"Ball and Chain"
(1991)
"If I Could Bottle This Up"
(1991)
"Billy Can't Read"
(1992)

Overstreet released his own version of the song in November 1991 as the fourth single from his album Heroes . The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1991-1992)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 30
Canadian RPM Country Tracks33

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 174.
  2. "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 248.
  4. "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.