If You Ever Have Forever in Mind

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"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind"
Vince Gill - If You Have single.png
Single by Vince Gill
from the album The Key
B-side "Given More Time" [1]
ReleasedMay 25, 1998
Genre Country
Length4:38
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Vince Gill, Troy Seals
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Vince Gill singles chronology
"You and You Alone"
(1997)
"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind"
(1998)
"Kindly Keep It Country"
(1998)

"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in May 1998 as the first single from the album The Key . The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 1 in Canada. It also won Gill the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. [1] It was written by Gill and Troy Seals.

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Critical reception

Chuck Taylor, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that "there's a classy vintage sound to this soft ballad." He goes on to say that the "delicate piano and whispery percussion underscore Gill's silky vocal performance." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in early 1998.

Chart performance

"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 30, 1998.

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 60
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] 20
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 43

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