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"Holdin' Heaven"

Single by Tracy Byrd

from the album Tracy Byrd

B-side

"Edge of a Memory"^[2]

Released

May 18, 1993^[1]

Recorded

1992

Genre

Country

Length

2:31

Label

MCA

Songwriter(s)

Bill Kenner
Thom McHugh

Producer(s)

Tony Brown

Tracy Byrd singles chronology

"Someone to Give My Love To"
(1993)

"Holdin' Heaven"
(1993)

"Why Don't That Telephone Ring"
(1993)

"Holdin' Heaven" is a song written by Bill Kenner and Thom McHugh, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, giving Byrd his first Number One single. It was released in May 1993 as the third single from his self-titled debut album.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song by calling it "a brassy, hard-driving rhythm and a tale of monumentally lucking out."^[3]

Music video

The music video takes place at a Wild West Rodeo. It was directed by Gerry Wenner.

Chart performance

This song debuted at number 72 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated June 19, 1993. It climbed to Number One in September 1993, holding the top spot for one week. In addition, this was Byrd's first Billboard Number One, and his only Number One single until mid-2002, when he topped the charts again with "Ten Rounds with José Cuervo".^[2]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	66
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	16

References

^ "CMT.com : Tracy Byrd : Holdin' Heaven". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Billboard, June 12, 1993
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2268." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 16, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

v t e Tracy Byrd
Studio albums	Tracy Byrd No Ordinary Man Love Lessons Big Love I'm from the Country It's About Time Ten Rounds The Truth About Men Different Things
Compilation albums	Keepers: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Holdin' Heaven" "Why Don't That Telephone Ring" "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" "Watermelon Crawl" "The First Step" "The Keeper of the Stars" "Walking to Jerusalem" "Love Lessons" "Heaven in My Woman's Eyes" "4 to 1 in Atlanta" "Big Love" "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" "I'm from the Country" "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" "When Mama Ain't Happy" "Put Your Hand in Mine" "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (with Mark Chesnutt) "Just Let Me Be in Love" "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo" "The Truth About Men" "Drinkin' Bone"
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