Now I Know (song)

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"Now I Know"
Single by Lari White
from the album Wishes
B-side "It's Love"
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1994
Genre Country
Length4:31
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Cindy Greene, Don Cook, Chick Rains
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 in September 1994 as the second single from the album Wishes . The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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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." [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 12
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 5

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition (year 2004). Record Research. p. 381.
  2. McVey, Richard (August 13, 1994). "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box : 23.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2699." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. January 9, 1995. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. "Lari White Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.