What Mattered Most (song)
| "What Mattered Most" | ||||
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| File:Ty Herndon - What Mattered Most single.png | ||||
| Single by Ty Herndon | ||||
| from the album What Mattered Most | ||||
| B-side | "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"[1] | |||
| Released | February 6, 1995 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Gary Burr Vince Melamed |
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| Producer(s) | Doug Johnson | |||
| Ty Herndon singles chronology | ||||
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"What Mattered Most" is a the title of a debut song written by Gary Burr and Vince Melamed, and recorded by American country music singer Ty Herndon. It was released in February 1995 the lead-off single and title track from his debut album What Mattered Most, as well as Herndon's first Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. Upon its release, the song was added to the playlists of 133 radio stations surveyed by Billboard, breaking a record set by Tracy Lawrence for the most adds in one week.[2]
The song was later included as the B-side to Herndon's early-1996 single "In Your Face," which peaked at 63 on the country charts.[1]
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song unfavorably saying that while Herndon turns in a "credible vocal performance", it is "a shame that this formulaic, by-the-numbers song, written by two Nashville pros, doesn't make much of an impression."[3] Michael McCall of New Country was more positive, calling it "a powerful, sensitive song about a man who realizes, too late, that he noticed everything about his lover except what was in her heart."[4]
Music video
The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in early 1995.
Chart positions
"What Mattered Most" debuted at number 62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 25, 1995.
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 90 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1995) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] | 43 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 18 |
| Preceded by | Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single May 27, 1995 |
Succeeded by "Summer's Comin'" by Clint Black |
| Preceded by | RPM Top Country Tracks number-one single May 22, 1995 |
Succeeded by "What Kind of Man" by Joel Feeney |
References
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- ↑ Billboard, February 18, 1995
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- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9245." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 22, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Ty Herndon – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Ty Herndon.
- ↑ "Ty Herndon – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ty Herndon.
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- 1995 singles
- 1995 songs
- Ty Herndon songs
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- Songs written by Gary Burr
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Number-one debut singles
- Songs written by Vince Melamed
- Epic Records singles
- Music videos directed by Steven Goldmann
- Song recordings produced by Doug Johnson (record producer)
