The Chill of an Early Fall

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"The Chill of an Early Fall"
Single by George Strait
from the album Chill of an Early Fall
B-side "Her Only Bad Habit Is Me"
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1991
RecordedSeptember 24, 1990
Genre Country
Length
  • 3:29 (album version)
  • 3:16 (single edit)
Label MCA 54180
Songwriter(s) Green Daniel
Gretchen Peters
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"You Know Me Better Than That"
(1991)
"The Chill of an Early Fall"
(1991)
"Lovesick Blues"
(1992)

"The Chill of an Early Fall" is a song written by Green Daniel and Gretchen Peters and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1991 as the third single from his album Chill of an Early Fall . The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1991. [1] Joe Barnhill previously recorded the song on his 1990 self-titled debut album. [2]

Contents

Content

The narrator is a man who knows that his lover has been with a guy before or perhaps cheated in the past. He feels the chill of an early fall when he thinks about it and when her "old friend" comes around. The question of whether the other man is just a friend or more torments the narrator and drives him to drink.

Chart performance

"The Chill of an Early Fall" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 5, 1991.

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 2
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 77

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References

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