Sure Love (Hal Ketchum song)

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"Sure Love"
Hal Ketchum - Sure Love single.png
Single by Hal Ketchum
from the album Sure Love
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1992
Genre Country
Length3:28
Label Curb
Songwriter(s) Gary Burr
Hal Ketchum
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum singles chronology
"Five O'Clock World"
(1992)
"Sure Love"
(1992)
"Hearts Are Gonna Roll"
(1993)

"Sure Love" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in September 1992 as the first single and title track from his album Sure Love . The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1993. [1] It was written by Ketchum and Gary Burr.

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Music video

The music video premiered in September 1992. Directed by Senor McGuire (who had previously filmed the video for "Small Town Saturday Night") and filmed in Memphis, TN, it starts with a couple dancing on a balcony, before revealing Ketchum performing in an alleyway with a guitar. The visual then moves to Beale Street, where a fictional movie titled "Hecks Romance" is playing at a theater while a couple get into a convertible, photos are being taken, and Ketchum sings and walks with his guitar. It then moves to a secret club, where the rest of the song is performed by Ketchum and a full band, with people dancing in front. The video ends with Ketchum and his guitar walking down a dimly lit street.

The first shot of the video (starting on the balcony and going all the way to the band performance) is one continuous shot that lasts 2 full minutes.

Chart performance

Chart (1992–1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 89

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References

  1. Hal Ketchum Hot Country Songs Chart History
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1823." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. January 16, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. "Hal Ketchum Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM . December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.