You and Forever and Me

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"You and Forever and Me"
Little Texas - You and Forever single.png
Single by Little Texas
from the album First Time for Everything
B-side "Dance" [1]
ReleasedJune 8, 1992
Genre Country
Length3:43
Label Warner Bros. Nashville 18867
Songwriter(s) Porter Howell, Stewart Harris [2]
Producer(s) Christy DiNapoli
Doug Grau
James Stroud [2]
Little Texas singles chronology
"First Time for Everything"
(1992)
"You and Forever and Me"
(1992)
"What Were You Thinkin'"
(1992)

"You and Forever and Me" is a song recorded by American country music group Little Texas. It was released in June 1992 as the third single from their debut album First Time for Everything . It was co-written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell and Stewart Harris. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard s Hot Country Songs chart and reached number 18 on the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart in 1992.

Contents

Content

In "You and Forever and Me", sung by Tim Rushlow, the narrator is passing through his old hometown one afternoon after being away and recalls his memories of his teenage years and a lost love.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "summertime ballad from a progressive group." She goes on to say that the "praiseworthy performance frolicks with harmonies" and that the production is "effectively smooth." [3]

Music video

The music video, directed by Jim Shea, shows the band on their bus driving through the desert. Each band member has flashbacks about former loves.

Chart performance

"You and Forever and Me" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 20, 1992.

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 18
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 61

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