| "We Tell Ourselves" | ||||
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| Single by Clint Black | ||||
| from the album The Hard Way | ||||
| B-side | "There Never Was a Train" | |||
| Released | June 22, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:42 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Clint Black Hayden Nicholas |
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| Producer | James Stroud Clint Black |
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"We Tell Ourselves" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in June 1992 as the first single from Black's album The Hard Way. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1992[1] and number-one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2] It was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas.
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Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Black gives "an impassioned reading of these savvy, introspective lyrics about fooling yourself." She goes on to say that the tone of the production is "both imaginative and energetic." [3]
The music video was directed by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger and premiered in mid-1992.
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Boot Scootin' Boogie" by Brooks & Dunn |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 5-September 12, 1992 |
Succeeded by "I'll Think of Something" by Mark Chesnutt |
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