In a Different Light (song)

"In a Different Light"
Single by Doug Stone
from the album Doug Stone
B-side "Turn This Thing Around"[1]
Released February 1991
Format CD single, 7" single
Recorded 1990
Genre Country
Length 3:28
Label Epic 73741
Writer(s) Bucky Jones, Dickey Lee, Bob McDill
Producer(s) Doug Johnson
Doug Stone singles chronology
"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye"
(1990)
"In a Different Light"
(1991)
"I Thought It Was You"
(1991)

"In a Different Light" (sometimes shortened to "Different Light") is a song written by Bob McDill, Dickey Lee and Bucky Jones, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth and final single from his self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming his first number one hit.

Song content

The song is about a male administrative assistant who has a fantasy-come-true about one of his co-workers, a female office administrator who -- despite her apparent youthful appearance -- is always bespectacled, her hair in a bun and conservatively dressed in business attire. The protagonist takes note of his male co-workers' lack of interest in the woman, while not letting on (to them) about his social encounters with the woman.

It is during these encounters that the protagonist reveals that "I see you (the co-worker) in a different light," remarking that he had seen the woman with her hair worn long and with "love in your eyes," revealing her physical beauty to him.

Chart positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 42
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 5

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 405. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1538." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 8, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Doug Stone Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Doug Stone.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

External links

Preceded by
"If I Know Me"
by George Strait
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

May 25, 1991
Succeeded by
"Meet in the Middle"
by Diamond Rio
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

June 8, 1991