90s Country Id Love You All Over Again
Today, Alan Jackson is one of the best known names in the history of country music. The humble singer-songwriter from Georgia is known for the simplicity of his music, which is among the most traditional in recent memory within the country genre.
But this week in 1991, Jackson was still just an up-and-coming name in country music, and was celebrating his first number-one single with "I'd Love You All Over Again"
Jackson didn't have immediate success after moving to Nashville in the mid-1980's, but after signing with Arista Nashville in 1989, he recorded his debut album,Here In The Real World. While the album's first single, "Blue Blooded Woman", didn't even reach the top 40 on the country charts, "Here In The Real World" and "Wanted" each peaked at third, and "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" reached second.
By early 1991, Jackson seemed primed to finally deliver a chart-topper, and "I'd Love You All Over Again" did just that.
Jackson wrote the tune in 1989, around he and his wife Denise's tenth anniversary, with the message that if he had the chance to start his love with her over again, he wouldn't hesitate.
The entire song, and particularly the chorus, showcase Jackson's simple writing style, and like nearly all of Jackson's songs, the tune is very relatable to listeners.
If I had it to do all over, I'd do it all over again;
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin, I'd love you all over again.
"I'd Love You All Over Again" was at the top of the charts for three weeks in March 1991. Jackson followed the song's methodical lyrics and slow piano and guitar instrumentation with practically the opposite, as his next single was "Don't Rock the Jukebox," the first single off the album of the same name, an upbeat heartbreak standard of country music's honky-tonk tradition. "Don't Rock the Jukebox" reached the top of the charts for Jackson's second number-one hit.
Jackson rode this momentum through the rest of the 1990's and most of the 2000's, totaling 26 number-one hits to date. These include "Chattahoochee", "Livin' on Love", "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", "Remember When", and "Drive (For Daddy Gene)", as well as his sentimental 9-11 anthem "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", which is arguably Jackson's best work and was ranked first in CMT's40 Songs of the Decadefor the 2000's.
Perhaps the most amazing aspect of Jackson's music is that he wrote or co-wrote 20 of his 26 number-one hits, including nearly all of his biggest hits listed above (the only song listed in this post not written by Jackson is "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere").
Jackson's success in country music is matched by very few, and it all started with his first chart topper 25 years ago.
Legendary Lines
"But you're lookin' better than you did back then, you still make this old heart give in"
-Alan Jackson, "I'd Love You All Over Again" (written by Jackson)
"The preacher man said, "til death do us part', and that seemed like forever to a young man's heart"
-Alan Jackson, "I'd Love You All Over Again" (written by Jackson)
"But I know Jesus, and I talk to God, and I remember this from when I was young: faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us, and the greatest is love"
-Alan Jackson, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (written by Jackson)
"I should be fishin' for blue marlin, instead of being hooked again by you"
-Alan Jackson, "There Goes" (written by Jackson)
"Don't rock the jukebox, I wanna hear some Jones; 'cause my heart ain't ready for the Rolling Stones"
-Alan Jackson, "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (written by Jackson, Roger Murrah, and Keith Stegall)
"Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee, it gets hotter than a hoochie coochie"
-Alan Jackson, "Chattahoochee" (written by Jackson and Jim McBride)
"Caught my eye like a little red car, she shook my hand and she grabbed my heart"
-Alan Jackson, "You Never Know" (written by Jackson)
"I can pay off my tab, pour myself in a cab, and be back to work before two; but at a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, what would Jimmy Buffett do?"
-Alan Jackson ft. Jimmy Buffett, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins)
"Pour me somethin' tall and strong, make it a hurricane before I go insane; it's only half past twelve, but I don't care; it's five o'clock somewhere"
-Alan Jackson ft. Jimmy Buffett, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (written by Brown and Rollins)
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10 Years Ago: "Living in Fast Forward" by Kenny Chesney
15 Years Ago: "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This" by Toby Keith
20 Years Ago: "The Beaches of Cheyenne" by Garth Brooks
25 Years Ago: "I'd Love You All Over Again" by Alan Jackson
30 Years Ago: "I Could Get Used To You" by Exile
35 Years Ago: "Guitar Man" by Elvis Presley
40 Years Ago: "The Roots of My Raising" by Merle Haggard
45 Years Ago: "I'd Rather Love You" by Charley Pride
50 Years Ago: "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" by Buck Owens
55 Years Ago: "Don't Worry" by Marty Robbins
60 Years Ago: "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
65 Years Ago: "There's Been A Change in Me" by Eddy Arnold
70 Years Ago: "Guitar Polka" by Al Dexter
Source: https://countrymusicfocus.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/throwback-thursday-id-love-you-all-over-again-by-alan-jackson/
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