Watch the Wind Blow By

"Watch the Wind Blow By"
Single by Tim McGraw
from the album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
Released October 27, 2003
Genre Country music
Length 4:36
Label Curb Records
Writer(s) Anders Osborne
Dylan Altman
Producer Byron Gallimore
Tim McGraw
Darran Smith
Tim McGraw singles chronology
"Real Good Man"
(2003)
"Watch the Wind Blow By"
(2003)
"Live Like You Were Dying"
(2004)

"Watch the Wind Blow By" is a song written by Anders Osborne and Dylan Altman and recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in October 2003 as the fourth and final single from McGraw's 2002 album, Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on March 20, 2004. It also peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Content

The narrator states that all he wants to do is relax with his lover and "watch the wind blow by."

Chart positions

"Watch the Wind Blow By" debuted at #48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of November 1, 2003.

Chart (2003-2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 32

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
Preceded by
"American Soldier"
by Toby Keith
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

March 20, 2004
Succeeded by
"When the Sun Goes Down"
by Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker