"I'm Not That Lonely Yet" is a song written by Bill Rice and Sharon Vaughn, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in June 1982 as the first single from the album Unlimited. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of September 4, 1982.[1]
| "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Reba McEntire | ||||
| from the album Unlimited | ||||
| B-side | "Over, Under and Around" | |||
| Released | June 5, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Kennedy | |||
| Reba McEntire singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editSharon Vaughn, who wrote "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" with Bill Rice, envisioned the lyrics to the song as though they were a movie scene, likening her writing process to that of a cinematographer and saying, "So, I saw this woman asked to dance on a dance floor. She has a broken heart. She's in a blue dress, and I knew exactly what she was wearing. I knew the color of her fingernail polish down to the most minute detail. I feel like as a songwriter, if you don't know your person about whom you're writing that intimately, then you're not inside that person's life. Wait until you do."[2]
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 11 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1982) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 16 |
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
- ^ Paulson, Dave. "Story Behind the Song: Reba McEntire's 'I'm Not That Lonely Yet'". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
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