"Go On"
Single by George Strait
from the album George Strait
B-side"Murder on Music Row"[1]
ReleasedJuly 10, 2000
GenreCountry
Length
  • 3:48 (album version)
  • 3:21 (single edit)
LabelMCA Nashville #172169
Songwriter(s)Tony Martin
Mark Nesler
Producer(s)Tony Brown
George Strait[2]
George Strait singles chronology
"The Best Day"
(2000)		 "Go On"
(2000)		 "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You"
(2000)

"Go On" is a song written by Mark Nesler and Tony Martin, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in July 2000 as the lead-off single from his self-titled album.

Content

The narrator lends a sympathetic ear to a woman who caught her ex-lover cheating. The narrator keeps interrupting her and then apologizes and tells her to "go on". The song hints at the beginning of a new relationship with the narrator and the woman.

Critical reception

An uncredited article from the Toledo Blade said that "Go On" was "typical of Strait's style on many of his mid-tempo songs[…]and the lyrics give a clever but mature view about life going on in the wake of a broken heart."[3] Greg Crawford, in an article from the Orlando Sentinel, said that Strait "push[es] the rarely heard upper limits of his vocal range,"[4] and an uncredited Hartford Courant review wrote that the song had a "breezy chorus hook."[5] Chuck Taylor in his review of the single for Billboard Magazine said that the song has a "conversational quality that almost makes listeners feel as if they are eavesdropping on a private discussion and privy to the beginnings of a blossoming new romance." He also said that Strait delivers the lyric effortlessly and that the song has a "lilting, inviting melody that is perfectly suited for summertime airwaves."[6]

Chart performance

"Go On" debuted at number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 29, 2000. The song spent twenty-two weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, peaking at number two and holding the position for three weeks.[1] The song also reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for the week ending October 16, 2000, and held that position for one week.[7] The song's b-side, "Murder on Music Row", charted at number 38 on the country music charts within the same timespan.

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 40
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 31

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ George Strait (CD booklet). George Strait. MCA Records Nashville. 2000. 0881701432.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ "Strait in the Saddle". Toledo Blade. 28 September 2000.
  4. ↑ Crawford, Greg (29 September 2000). "Country Music, Strait Up". Orlando Sentinel.
  5. ↑ "CD Reviews: New Releases". Hartford Courant. 21 September 2000.
  6. ↑ "Single Reviews". Billboard. 29 July 2000.
  7. ↑ "RPM Country Tracks chart for October 16, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7113." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 16, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ "George Strait Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ↑ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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