She's in Love with the Boy

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"She's in Love with the Boy"
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Single by Trisha Yearwood
from the album Trisha Yearwood
B-side "Victim of the Game"
ReleasedMarch 13, 1991
Recorded1990
Studio Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length4:08
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Jon Ims
Producer(s) Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology
"She's in Love with the Boy"
(1991)
"Like We Never Had a Broken Heart"
(1991)

"She's in Love with the Boy" is a song by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was written by Jon Ims [1] and was released on March 13, 1991 as her debut single, as well as the first single from her self-titled debut album. The song reached number one on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and was the first of five number ones on the country chart for Yearwood. [2]

Contents

Content

The song is an upbeat ballad about a teenage couple named Katie and Tommy in a small town becoming betrothed. Katie's father does not approve of their relationship, and after the couple returns home late after a date, he angrily confronts them. But Katie's mother comes to their defense, pointing out to Katie's father that they were no different from Katie and Tommy when they were teenagers and how her own father disapproved of the relationship, but she married him anyway and that Katie will do the same with Tommy.

Critical reception

In 2014, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #129 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in early 1991. It takes place on a farm and it shows some farm animals moving to the music and it shows shots of a pre-teen couple, a young adult couple, and an elderly couple, along with Yearwood sitting on a stool singing.

Chart positions

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] 14
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 18

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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