"It Was" | ||||
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Single by Chely Wright | ||||
from the album Single White Female | ||||
B-side | "Rubbin' It In" | |||
Released | September 1999 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Writer(s) | Mark Wright Gary Burr |
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Producer | Tony Brown Buddy Cannon Norro Wilson |
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Chely Wright singles chronology | ||||
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"It Was" is the title of a song written by Mark Wright and Gary Burr and recorded by American country music artist Chely Wright. Released in September 1999, it was the second single from her album Single White Female. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 2000.[1]
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Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a favorable review, saying that it "has a hauntingly beautiful melody and affecting lyric about the mercurial nature of love" and that "Wright possesses a strong voice, full of emotional depth and presence."[2]
The music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in August 1999.[3]
Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 11 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 64 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 52 |
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Reading is a commuter rail station in Reading, Massachusetts, United States, on the Haverhill/Reading Line of the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad, a branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is located at Lincoln and High Streets on the western fringe of the town's central business district.
The station's historic depot building was built in 1870 to service the Boston and Maine Railroad and was the former terminus of the line before its extension to Haverhill. The MBTA purchased the Haverhill Line in 1973, intending to replace commuter rail service with extended Orange Line subway service between Oak Grove and Reading. This plan was rejected by riders who desired to retain commuter rail service. The second track was not rebuilt through the station when the outbound platform was built, so the inbound platform serves trains in both directions. Despite this limited capacity, Reading is the terminus for some local trains on the line.
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). Reading is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. In addition, reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature make ventures with each piece, innately deviating from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is such a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather allows readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation. Readers use a variety of reading strategies to assist with decoding (to translate symbols into sounds or visual representations of speech) and comprehension. Readers may use context clues to identify the meaning of unknown words. Readers integrate the words they have read into their existing framework of knowledge or schema (schemata theory).
Reading was a parliamentary borough, and later a borough constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire.
From 1295, as a parliamentary borough, Reading elected two members of parliament (MPs). When the parliamentary borough was replaced by a borough constituency in 1885, this representation was reduced to a single MP. The constituency was abolished in 1950, re-created in 1955, and finally abolished in 1974.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Reading.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Battle, Castle, Caversham, Christchurch, Katesgrove, Minster, Redlands, Thames, and Whitley.
Reading was one of the boroughs summoned to send members to the Model Parliament. The boundaries (encompassing the whole of one parish and parts of two others) were effectively unchanged from 1295 to 1918. In 1831, the population of the borough was 15,935, and contained 3,307 houses.
What it was or what it is
You took me off where I left it
Guessing and wandering what I did
All through the night and we drift a little
I knew you before
I think you're with me, im not sure
Didn't know what it was
Don't you know who I am
'Cause I don't know myself anymore
'Cause I didn't know what it was before
I didn't what it was (repeat)
What it is or what it was
You took me in when I got off
Forever keeping me just a bit
Back in a way that still tilts a little
I know you before, a feeling, a motion a wave
I look at you now and question the future
Don't you know who I am
'Cause I don't know myself anymore
'Cause I didn't know what it was before