Texas Tornado (song)

"Texas Tornado"
Single by Tracy Lawrence
from the album I See It Now
Released April 3, 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Country
Length 3:30
Label Atlantic PRCD 6135
Writer(s) Bobby Braddock
Producer(s) Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lawrence singles chronology
"As Any Fool Can See"
(1994)
"Texas Tornado"
(1995)
"If the World Had a Front Porch"
(1995)

"Texas Tornado" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in April 1995 as the third single from Lawrence's album I See It Now. It became his sixth Number One hit on the Billboard country singles charts and also reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1]

Content

The song is a mid-tempo country ballad in which the narrator recalls a lover, whom he describes as a "Texas tornado, blowing [him] away again". It was also the only track on I See It Now that Lawrence produced himself.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in April 1995. The video pictures Lawrence as a ranch hand who is smitten with a "Texas tornado" of a woman. As each clip in the series unfolds, Lawrence appears dressed in the garb from the previous video, as he makes a "quantum leap" into a new time zone and tune. The sequence includes such clips as "Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues", "If the Good Die Young", and "As Any Fool Can See". "The idea of tying all the videos together seemed logical, and once we hit on the concept of time travel, it just seemed natural," says Ball of the serial format. "We figured maybe the fans would grow to love it, even though the songs are vastly different from one another." [2]

Chart positions

"Texas Tornado" debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 15, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 12
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 15

References

  1. Huey, Steve. "Tracy Lawrence biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. Billboard, May 13, 1995
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9046." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 10, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. "Tracy Lawrence Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tracy Lawrence.
  5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
Preceded by
"Summer's Comin'"
by Clint Black
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

June 24, 1995
Succeeded by
"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"
by John Michael Montgomery
Preceded by
"Bringing Back Your Love"
by One Horse Blue
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

July 10, 1995