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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = The Box
| name = The Box
| Cover =
| cover = Randy Travis - The Box.JPG
| Artist = [[Randy Travis]]
| alt =
| type = single
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| Album = [[This Is Me (Randy Travis album)|This Is Me]]
| B-side = "Honky Tonk Side of Town"
| artist = [[Randy Travis]]
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| album = [[This Is Me (Randy Travis album)|This Is Me]]
| Released = January 1995
| Format =
| B-side = Honky Tonk Side of Town
| Recorded =
| released = February 6, 1995
| format =
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 3:32
| recorded =
| studio =
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| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] 17970
| venue =
| Writer = Randy Travis<br />Buck Moore
| Producer = [[Kyle Lehning]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 3:21
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| Last single = "[[This Is Me (Randy Travis song)|This Is Me]]"<br />(1994)
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| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]] 17970
| This single = "'''The Box'''"<br />(1995)
| Next single = "Are We in Trouble Now"<br />(1996)
| writer = Randy Travis<br />Buck Moore
| Misc =
| producer = [[Kyle Lehning]]
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| prev_title = [[This Is Me (Randy Travis song)|This Is Me]]
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = [[Are We in Trouble Now]]
| next_year = 1996
}}
}}
"'''The Box'''" is a single by American country music artist [[Randy Travis]]. Released in January 1995, it was the fourth and final single from his 1994 album, ''[[This Is Me (Randy Travis album)|This Is Me]]''. The song reached #7 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart in April 1995.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=1995-04-29 ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks]</ref>
"'''The Box'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Randy Travis]]. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and final single from his album ''[[This Is Me (Randy Travis album)|This Is Me]]''. The song reached number 7 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart in April 1995. Before its release, it was the [[b-side]] to the album's first single, "[[Before You Kill Us All]]".<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=425–426|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> Travis wrote this song with Buck Moore.

==Content==
The song is a story of a son who finds a box his father kept full of memories of his family. As the son goes through the box, he is reminded that his father loved his family but it wasn't easy for him to say "I love you".

==Critical reception==
Deborah Evans Price of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that fiddles and picked acoustic guitars "dominate this track" and that Travis' voice is "unmistakable." She goes on to call the song "simply told and beautifully sung."<ref>''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'', February 11, 1995</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in early 1995.


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
"The Box" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 11, 1995.
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===Year-end charts===
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| Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2838&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 18, 1995|access-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 20 February 2022

"The Box"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album This Is Me
B-side"Honky Tonk Side of Town"
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1995
GenreCountry
Length3:21
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville 17970
Songwriter(s)Randy Travis
Buck Moore
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"This Is Me"
(1994) 		"The Box"
(1995) 		"Are We in Trouble Now"
(1996)

"The Box" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and final single from his album This Is Me. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1995. Before its release, it was the b-side to the album's first single, "Before You Kill Us All".[1] Travis wrote this song with Buck Moore.

Content

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The song is a story of a son who finds a box his father kept full of memories of his family. As the son goes through the box, he is reminded that his father loved his family but it wasn't easy for him to say "I love you".

Critical reception

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Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that fiddles and picked acoustic guitars "dominate this track" and that Travis' voice is "unmistakable." She goes on to call the song "simply told and beautifully sung."[2]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in early 1995.

Chart performance

[edit]

"The Box" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 11, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 7

Year-end charts

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Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 34

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 425–426. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Billboard, February 11, 1995
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9044." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 1, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
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