Second Wind (song)

"Second Wind"
Single by Darryl Worley
from the album Hard Rain Don't Last
Released	March 2001
Recorded	2000
Genre	Country
Label	DreamWorks
Writer(s)	Darryl Worley, Steve Leslie
Producer(s)	Frank Rogers, James Stroud
Darryl Worley singles chronology
"A Good Day to Run" (2000) "Second Wind" (2001) "Sideways" (2001)

"Second Wind" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darryl Worley. It was released in March 2001 as the third and last single from the album Hard Rain Don't Last. The song reached #20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1] The song was written by Worley and Steve Leslie.

Musically this song is somewhat unusual for country music in that the introduction fades in and uses an arrangement and instrumentation, such as synthesizers, that are unusual for country music. The fade out is similar to the introduction. The body of the song is a more typical country ballad.

Lyrically, the song uses the gentle Gulf breezes as a metaphor for overcoming the pain of a breakup. Thus catching your 'second wind' is both catching a fresh breeze off the Gulf of Mexico and overcoming the adversity of a breakup.

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	20
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3]	11

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 397.
2. "Darryl Worley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Darryl Worley.
3. "Darryl Worley – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Darryl Worley.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics