You Won't Be Lonely Now

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"You Won't Be Lonely Now"
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Single by Billy Ray Cyrus
from the album Southern Rain
B-side "Southern Rain"
ReleasedMay 8, 2000
Genre Country
Length3:43
Label Monument
Songwriter(s) Brett James
John Bettis
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology
"Give My Heart to You"
(1999)		"You Won't Be Lonely Now"
(2000)		"We the People"
(2000)

"You Won't Be Lonely Now" is a song written by Brett James and John Bettis, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It was released in May 2000 as the first single from the album Southern Rain . The power ballad debuted at number 62 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs chart) on July 8, 2000. It was the first of five singles released from the album, as well as the highest-charting single, peaking in the Top 20.

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"You Won't Be Lonely Now" was Cyrus' last Top 40 country hit until 2007, when "Ready, Set, Don't Go" reached number 4.

Critical reception

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic said that the song "properly displayed the artist's sense of determination against adversity, cloaked in the terms of a love song." [1] Billboard gave the song a rave review, writing that it "could - and should be - the turning point in Cyrus' career that gets him back on the hit track." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in June 2000. [3] It was filmed on Jekyll Island. [4]

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 33 [a]
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 17
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 80

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 74

Notes

  1. ↑ "You Won't Be Lonely Now" had not yet peaked when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

Musician credits

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Southern Rain". Allmusic . Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "New Single Impacts Radio". Billboard. July 8, 2000. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003.
  3. ↑ "CMT : Videos : Billy Ray Cyrus : You Won't Be Lonely Now". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ ""You Won't Be Lonely Now" Video Shoot". Asismanagement.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2003.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7268." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Billy Ray Cyrus Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Billy Ray Cyrus Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
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