Now I Know (song)

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"Now I Know"
Single by Lari White
from the album Wishes
B-side "It's Love"
ReleasedAugust 15, 1994 (1994-08-15) [1]
Genre Country
Length4:31
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Garth Fundis
Lari White singles chronology
"That's My Baby"
(1994)
"Now I Know"
(1994)
"That's How You Know (When You're in Love)"
(1995)

"Now I Know" is a song written by Cindy Greene, Don Cook and Chick Rains, and recorded by American country music artist Lari White. It was released on August 15, 1994 as the second single from her second studio album Wishes (1994). The song reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming her highest-ever charting single. [2]

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Critical reception

A favorable review came from Cash Box magazine, whose reviewer Richard McVey wrote that it "is a song rich lyrically and vocally." [3]

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 12
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 5

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References

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