I Meant Every Word He Said

"I Meant Every Word He Said"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album RVS III
B-side "Sometimes I Cry In My Sleep"
Released June 25, 1990
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 3:03
Label Columbia Nashville 73413
Writer(s) Joe Chambers, Bucky Jones, Curly Putman
Producer Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"I've Cried My Last Tear for You"
(1990)
"I Meant Every Word He Said'"
(1990)
"Life's Little Ups and Downs"
(1990)

"I Meant Every Word He Said" is the title of a song co-written by Joe Chambers, Bucky Jones and Curly Putman and recorded by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton, who released as a single from the album, RVS III in 1990. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart[1] and reached #1 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.

Contents

Content

The narrator tells his former love that everything her new man is telling her is what he really meant to say. She gets married to the man in the end and the narrator said he meant to say "I Do" too.

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310. 

Succession

Preceded by
"Jukebox in My Mind"
by Alabama
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

October 6, 1990
Succeeded by
"Friends in Low Places"
by Garth Brooks