I Sure Can Smell the Rain

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"I Sure Can Smell the Rain"
Single by Blackhawk
from the album Blackhawk
B-side"Stone by Stone"
ReleasedAugust 22, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreCountry
Length3:37
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)Walt Aldridge
John Jarrard
Producer(s)Mark Bright
Tim DuBois
Blackhawk singles chronology
"Every Once in a While"
(1994)
"I Sure Can Smell the Rain"
(1994)
"Down in Flames"
(1994)

"I Sure Can Smell the Rain" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and John Jarrard, and recorded by American country music band Blackhawk. It was released in August 1994 as the third single from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 9 on both the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts.

Content[edit]

The song is an introspective ballad about a relationship falling apart.

Music video[edit]

The music video was directed by Marius Penczner, who also directed the video for "Goodbye Says It All".

Chart performance[edit]

The song entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on the week of September 2, 1994, and peaked at number 9 on the week of November 12, 1994.[1]

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 9

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1994) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 95

References[edit]

  1. ^ Billboard, November 12, 1994
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2667." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Blackhawk Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.