Let Go of the Stone
1992 single by John Anderson
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| Single by John Anderson | ||||
| from the album Seminole Wind | ||||
| B-side | "Look Away" | |||
| Released | November 16, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Stroud | |||
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"Let Go of the Stone" is a song written by Max D. Barnes and Max T. Barnes, and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in November 1992 as the fifth single from his album Seminole Wind. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1993.[1]
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a thoughtfully written and exquisitely executed ballad." She goes on to say that Anderson is "at his most emotionally persuasive here."[2]
Music video
The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered on CMT, The Nashville Network and GAC in late 1992.
Chart performance
"Let Go of the Stone" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 28, 1992.
| Chart (1992–1993) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 11 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 7 |
References
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- I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
- Wild & Blue
- All the People Are Talkin'
- Eye of a Hurricane
- Tokyo, Oklahoma
- Countrified
- Blue Skies Again
- 10
- Too Tough to Tame
- Seminole Wind
- Solid Ground
- Country 'til I Die
- Paradise
- Takin' the Country Back
- Nobody's Got It All
- Easy Money
- Bigger Hands
- Goldmine
- Years
- Greatest Hits (1984)
- Greatest Hits Volume II
- Greatest Hits (1996)
- "Your Lying Blue Eyes"
- "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs"
- "1959"
- "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)"
- "Chicken Truck"
- "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories"
- "Would You Catch a Falling Star"
- "Wild and Blue"
- "Swingin'"
- "Goin' Down Hill"
- "Black Sheep"
- "Let Somebody Else Drive"
- "She Sure Got Away with My Heart"
- "Eye of a Hurricane"
- "It's All Over Now"
- "Down in Tennessee"
- "Honky Tonk Crowd"
- "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings)
- "Straight Tequila Night"
- "When It Comes to You"
- "Seminole Wind"
- "Let Go of the Stone"
- "Money in the Bank"
- "I Fell in the Water"
- "I've Got It Made"
- "I Wish I Could Have Been There"
- "Bend It Until It Breaks"
- "Mississippi Moon"
- "Paradise"
- "Somebody Slap Me"
- "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me"
- "Years"
- "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
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