Half Way Up

"Half Way Up" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in November 1996 as the second single from his Greatest Hits album. It peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[1] It was written by Black with Hayden Nicholas.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song has a "positively insinuating groove." She goes on to say that Black's "textured performance and meaty lyric as calling cards should make it a quick favorite."^[2]

Chart positions

"Half Way Up" debuted at number 47 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 30, 1996.

Chart (1996–1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	23
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	48

References

1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ "Reviews: Country". Billboard 108 (49): 78. December 7, 1996. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9810." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 10, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
↑ "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clint Black.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 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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