"How Forever Feels"
Artwork for US single
Single by Kenny Chesney
from the album Everywhere We Go
B-side"You Win, I Win, We Lose"
ReleasedDecember 7, 1998
Recorded1998
GenreCountry
Length3:08
LabelBNA 65666
Songwriter(s)Wendell Mobley, Tony Mullins
Producer(s)Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Kenny Chesney singles chronology
"I Will Stand"
(1998) 		"How Forever Feels"
(1998) 		"You Had Me from Hello"
(1999)

"How Forever Feels" is a song written by Wendell Mobley and Tony Mullins and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in December 1998 as the first single from Chesney's 1999 album Everywhere We Go. The song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It also peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making it Chesney's first Top 40 hit on the pop chart.

Background

Chesney told Billboard magazine that he almost didn't get to release the song because Tim McGraw had recorded a version. McGraw decided not to release it, and after Chesney's version hit number-one, McGraw told him "I'm glad you cut it. It just didn't work for me." Chesney went on to say that the song originally appealed to him because "it's the only love song I know of that has both Jimmy Buffett and Richard Petty in it."[1]

Tim McGraw's version of the song remained unreleased until appearing on his 2016 compilation album McGraw: The Ultimate Collection.

Content

The song's narrator is a young man who talks about how fun his life has been, and there is something missing: a love with his partner he had for a long time.

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan, and produced by Big Light Pictures. It premiered on CMT on December 11, 1998, during "The CMT Delivery Room". Chesney traveled to St. Thomas VI to film the song's music video, which became Chesney's first Caribbean beach-inspired video, that became a trademark of him in his future videos.

Chart performance

"How Forever Feels" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 12, 1998. It spent 6 weeks at #1 in the US.

Chart (1998–1999) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 27
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 84
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 4

Certifications

Certifications for How Forever Feels
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Billboard, June 19, 1999, Page 38.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7461." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 5, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  6. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  7. ^ "Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard. 1999. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  8. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – How Forever Feels". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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