We Tell Ourselves

"We Tell Ourselves" is 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.

Critical reception

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]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger and premiered in mid-1992.

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	14
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	5

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

References

↑ Clint Black Chart History
↑ RPM Country Tracks
↑ Billboard, July 4, 1992
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1975." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 5, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
↑ "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clint Black.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Clint Black singles

Killin' Time	"A Better Man" "Killin' Time" "Nobody's Home" "Walkin' Away" "Nothing's News"

Put Yourself in My Shoes	"Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Loving Blind" "One More Payment" "Where Are You Now"

The Hard Way	"We Tell Ourselves" "Burn One Down" "When My Ship Comes In"

No Time to Kill	"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) "No Time to Kill" "State of Mind" "A Good Run of Bad Luck" "Half the Man"

One Emotion	"Untanglin' My Mind" "Wherever You Go" "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" "Life Gets Away"

Greatest Hits	"Like the Rain" "Half Way Up"

Nothin' but the Taillights	"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) "Something That We Do" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "The Shoes You're Wearing" "Loosen Up My Strings" "You Don't Need Me Now"

D'lectrified	"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) "Love She Can't Live Without"

Greatest Hits II	"Easy for Me to Say" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Money or Love"

Spend My Time	"Spend My Time" "The Boogie Man" "My Imagination"

Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic	"Rainbow in the Rain" "Code of the West" "Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic" "Heartaches"

On Purpose	"Time for That"

Other songs	"Desperado" "I Raq and Roll" "Hey Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "The Strong One" "Long Cool Woman"

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