Five Minutes (Lorrie Morgan song)

"Five Minutes" is the title of a country music song written by Beth Nielsen Chapman. In 1989, it was recorded by Lorrie Morgan on her debut album Leave the Light On, from which it was released in as the album's single. The song became her first number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1990.

It was also recorded by Pam Tillis in the late 1980s during her tenure on Warner Bros. Records, but was not issued on an album until the 1994 Pam Tillis Collection.^[3]

Content

"Five Minutes" is a mid-tempo centralizing on the end of a failing relationship. The female narrator tells her lover that he has "five minutes" to repair the relationship.

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	9
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	14

Preceded by "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" by Randy Travis	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single April 14, 1990	Succeeded by "Love on Arrival" by Dan Seals

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 286–287. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Owens, Thom. "Leave the Light On". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
↑ "Pam Tillis Collection". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9039." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 28, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "Lorrie Morgan – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lorrie Morgan.
↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Lorrie Morgan

Studio albums	Leave the Light On Something in Red Watch Me War Paint Greater Need Shakin' Things Up Secret Love My Heart I Finally Found Someone Show Me How A Moment in Time I Walk Alone Dos Divas Letting Go...Slow

Compilation albums	Classics Trainwreck of Emotion Reflections: Greatest Hits Super Hits The Essential Lorrie Morgan CMT Girls' Night Out To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection RCA Country Legends All American Country

Holiday albums	Merry Christmas from London

Live albums	The Color of Roses

Notable singles	"Trainwreck of Emotion" "Dear Me" "Out of Your Shoes" "Five Minutes" "He Talks to Me" "We Both Walk" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "Except for Monday" "Something in Red" "Watch Me" "What Part of No" "I Guess You Had to Be There" "Half Enough" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "Back in Your Arms Again" "By My Side" (with Jon Randall) "Good as I Was to You" "Go Away" "One of Those Nights Tonight" "Maybe Not Tonight" (with Sammy Kershaw)

Guest singles	"'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (with Keith Whitley)

Related articles	Discography RCA Records BNA Records George Morgan

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