Let's Go to Vegas

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"Let's Go to Vegas"
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Single by Faith Hill
from the album It Matters to Me
B-side "You Will Be Mine"
ReleasedJuly 1995
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Karen Staley
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks and Faith Hill
Faith Hill singles chronology
"Take Me as I Am"
(1994)
"Let's Go to Vegas"
(1995)
"It Matters to Me"
(1995)

"Let's Go To Vegas" is a song written by Karen Staley, and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in July 1995 as the lead single from the album It Matters to Me .

Contents

Content

In the song, the protagonist persuades her lover to elope to Las Vegas.

Music video

A video was released featuring Hill singing and dancing in skin tight PVC pants, a white T-shirt, and black satin outfits among typical Vegas icons such as an Elvis impersonator, Showgirls, and Casino fare.

Chart positions

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [1] 9
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [2] 22
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5
US Top Country Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [4]
8

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 67

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