The year 1992 happened 33 years ago, with countless country songs and albums released since then. While new music is great, it also means that some songs in country music are easy to forget, in spite of them being really, really good.
These four country songs from 1992 are among the best, even though most people have already forgotten about them.
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“Love’s Got A Hold On You” by Alan Jackson
In between Alan Jacksonโs โMidnight In Montgomeryโ and โSheโs Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)โ is โLoveโs Got A Hold On Youโ. On Jacksonโs sophomore Donโt Rock The Jukebox record, the song is written by Carson Chamberlain and Keith Stegall.
โLoveโs Got A Hold On Youโ is a humorous song that begins with, โI called my doctor on the telephone / โHelp me doctor, there’s something wrong / I can’t shake it, it’s gone too farโ / He said, โTell me what your symptoms areโ / I said โMy hands are sweaty and my knees are weak
I can’t eat and I can’t sleep / It’s turning me every way but looseโ / He said, โIt sounds like love’s got a hold on you // No doubt, love’s got a hold on youโโ.
The song did become a No. 1 hit for Jackson. Although sadly, itโs not as remembered as some of his bigger hits. Don’t Rock The Jukebox did earn Jackson his first Grammy nomination, though.
“I’ll Think Of Something” by Mark Chesnutt
Bill Rice and Jerry Foster wrote โIโll Think of Somethingโ. Mark Chesnutt includes the song on his third studio album, Longnecks & Short Stories. The song, which became a No. 1 hit for Chestnutt, was also recorded by Hank Williams Jr. and Loretta Lynn.
โIโll Think Of Somethingโ says, โIf I can’t say a word to her / Iโll blame it on this lump that’s in my throat / And standing there what will I do / To hide my love enough that it won’t show? / Oh, I don’t know / But I’ll think of something.โ The song became Chesnuttโs second No. 1 single, although it isnโt as well-known as some of his other hits, like โBrother Jukeboxโ and โIt Sure Is Mondayโ.
“Jealous Bone” by Patty Loveless
โJealous Boneโ became a Top 20 hit for Patty Loveless. The first single from her Up Against My Heart record, the song is written by Steve Bogard and Rick Giles. The song says, โEver since you walked into my life / Can’t bear to see you out of my sight / Got a jealous bone / Got a jealous bone / And I know I’m gonna run you off / If I don’t learn to let you go / But, oh, you make me lose control / I was born with a jealous bone.โ
Itโs surprising that โJealous Boneโ didnโt get higher on the charts for Loveless, since it sounds like a classic Loveless tune. One year later, Loveless returned to the top of the charts with โBlame It On Your Heartโ.
“There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With The Radio” by Aaron Tippin
โThere Ainโt Nothinโ Wrong With The Radioโ is the debut single from Aaron Tippinโs sophomore Read Between The Lines album. Written by Tippin and Buddy Brock, โThere Ainโt Nothinโ Wrong With The Radioโ became Tippinโs first No. 1 hit.
The song is an ode to a trustworthy car. The song says, โI’ve got sixteen speakers crossing my back dash / A little bobbing dog watching everybody pass / Dual antennas whipping in the wind / Lord, there ain’t a country station that I can’t tune in / She ain’t a Cadillac and she ain’t a Rolls / But there ain’t nothin’ wrong with the radio.โ
Tippin went on to have several more hits throughout his career. But after โThere Ainโt Nothinโ Wrong With The Radioโ, it took him three years to return to the No. 1 spot. In 1995, Tippin had a chart-topping single with “Thatโs As Close As Iโll Get To Loving You”.
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