Unbelievable (Diamond Rio song)

"Unbelievable"
Single by Diamond Rio
from the album Unbelievable
B-side "You're Gone"
Released October 19, 1998
Format CD single, 7" single
Genre Country
Length 2:21
Label Arista Nashville 13138
Writer(s) Al Anderson
Jeffrey Steele
Producer Diamond Rio
Mike Clute
Diamond Rio singles chronology
"You're Gone"
(1998)
"Unbelievable"
(1998)
"I Know How the River Feels"
(1999)

"Unbelievable" is the title of a single, released in late 1998, by American country music band Diamond Rio. It was the second single from their fifth studio album, also titled Unbelievable.

The song was Diamond Rio's twenty-first single on the country music charts, and their first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the lyric is fun and the track "sparkles with the band's musicianship, from the frisky piano to the infectious guitar work." She also says that "one has to admire lead vocalist Marty Roe's ability to deliver the rapid-fire chorus without missing a syllable.[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Deaton Flanigen and premiered on September 10, 1998.

Chart positions

"Unbelievable" debuted at #51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 31, 1998.

Chart (1998–1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36
Canadian RPM Top Country Tracks 1

Parodies

References

  1. ^ Billboard, October 24, 1998
Preceded by
"Stand Beside Me"
by Jo Dee Messina
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

February 15-February 22, 1999
Succeeded by
"For a Little While"
by Tim McGraw