Loving Blind

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"Loving Blind"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Put Yourself in My Shoes
B-side "Muddy Water"
ReleasedJanuary 14, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:57
Label RCA Nashville 2749
Songwriter(s) Clint Black
Producer(s) James Stroud
Clint Black singles chronology
"Put Yourself in My Shoes"
(1990)
"Loving Blind"
(1991)
"One More Payment"
(1991)

"Loving Blind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in January 1991 as the second single from his album Put Yourself in My Shoes . It was his seventh single overall and it became his fifth single to reach number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks [1] and the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.

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Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young and premiered in early 1991.[ citation needed ]

Chart performance

"Loving Blind" spent two weeks at number 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart beginning for the week of March 23, 1991. It spent the week beginning April 6, 1991, at number 1 on the Canadian RPM charts.

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 11
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 14

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References

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