The First Step (song)

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"The First Step"

Single by Tracy Byrd

from the album No Ordinary Man

B-side

"No Ordinary Man"^[2]

Released

November 15, 1994^[1]

Recorded

1994

Genre

Country

Length

2:24

Label

MCA

Songwriter(s)

Doug Crider, Verlon Thompson

Producer(s)

Jerry Crutchfield

Tracy Byrd singles chronology

"Watermelon Crawl"
(1994)

"The First Step"
(1994)

"The Keeper of the Stars"
(1995)

"The First Step" is a song written by Doug Crider and Verlon Thompson, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in November 1994 as the third single from the album No Ordinary Man. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical reception

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Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song continues Byrd's pattern of two-step cliches, but that he manages to "inject more than enough spirit to get this one over." Price concludes that Byrd was "born to sing this stuff."^[3]

Chart performance

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Chart (1994-1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	5

Year-end charts

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Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	82

References

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^ [1]
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Billboard, November 19, 1994
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7996." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 20, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 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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