The Box (Randy Travis song)

"The Box"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album This Is Me
B-side "Honky Tonk Side of Town"
Released February 6, 1995
Genre Country
Length 3:32
Label Warner Bros. 17970
Writer(s) Randy Travis
Buck Moore
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"This Is Me"
(1994)		 "The Box"
(1995)		 "Are We in Trouble Now"
(1996)

"The Box" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and final single from his album This Is Me. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1995. Before its release, it was the b-side to the album's first single, "Before You Kill Us All".[1] Travis wrote this song with Buck Moore.

Content

The song is a story of a man who kept all of his emotions bottled up inside himself.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that fiddles and picked acoustic guitars "dominate this track" and that Travis' voice is "unmistakable." She goes on to call the song "simply told and beautifully sung." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in early 1995.

Chart performance

"The Box" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 11, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 34

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 425–426. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Billboard, February 11, 1995
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9044." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 1, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Randy Travis Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Randy Travis.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.