There Is No Arizona

"There Is No Arizona"
Single by Jamie O'Neal
from the album Shiver
B-side "Frantic"[1]
Released August 7, 2000
Format CD single, 7" single
Genre Country
Length 3:57
Label Mercury Nashville
Writer(s) Jamie O'Neal
Lisa Drew
Shaye Smith
Producer Keith Stegall
Jamie O'Neal singles chronology
"There Is No Arizona"
(2000)
"When I Think About Angels"
(2001)

"There Is No Arizona" is the debut single by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released in August 2000, the song is from O'Neal's Shiver album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

Contents

Content

The narrator talks about how a girl and a guy needed some time alone, so he sets off to move to Arizona, and promises to send for her when he's ready, but he ended up leaving forever. The song goes on to say that if "there was a Grand Canyon she could fill it up with the lies he's told her."

Music video

The music video was directed by Lawrence Carroll and premiered in mid 2000.

Chart performance

"There Is No Arizona" debuted at number 69 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of August 12, 2000.

Chart (2000–2001) Peak
position[1]
US Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 40
Preceded by
"Tell Her"
by Lonestar
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

February 17, 2001
Succeeded by
"But for the Grace of God"
by Keith Urban

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 305. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ "Jamie O'Neal Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Jamie O'Neal. Prometheus Global Media.
  3. ^ "Jamie O'Neal Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Jamie O'Neal. Prometheus Global Media.