Lessons Learned (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Lessons Learned
| cover = Tracy Lawrence Lessons Learned single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Tracy Lawrence
| album = Lessons Learned
| released = November 1, 1999
| recorded = 1999
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 2:57
| label = Atlantic
| writer = Paul Nelson
Larry Boone
Tracy Lawrence
| producer = Flip Anderson
Tracy Lawrence
Butch Carr
| prev_title = While You Sleep
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Lonely
| next_year = 2000
}}
"Lessons Learned" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in November 1999 as the first single and title track from his album of the same name. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and at number 3 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} Lawrence wrote the song with Larry Boone and Paul Nelson.
Content
Lawrence wrote the song with Larry Boone and Paul Nelson, frequent collaborators of his. The three had also written "Stars over Texas" and "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye". According to Boone, Lawrence came up with the song's concept but did not have a melody in mind, and the three of them then decided to give the song a sound that would suit Lawrence's style.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/112067050/ | title=Lawrence learns from Nelson, Boone | work=The Tennessean | date=February 27, 2000 | accessdate=November 15, 2018 | pages=6F}}
The song has a central theme of learning from life experiences. It is composed in the key of F major. The main chord pattern of the verses is B{{flat}}-F-Gm-F/A-B{{flat}}-F-Gm7-C twice, while the chorus follows the pattern B{{flat}}-F-E{{flat}}-B{{flat}}-Gm7-C-F.
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 70 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated November 6, 1999, and charted for 29 weeks on that chart. It reached a peak of number 3 on the chart dated April 1, 2000. It was also Lawrence's only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
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!align="left"|Chart (1999–2000) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|3|chartid=9765|publishdate=March 20, 2000|accessdate=July 8, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|40|artist=Tracy Lawrence}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Tracy Lawrence}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2000: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media |year=2000 | accessdate=August 15, 2012}}
| align="center" | 17 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Larry Boone
Category:Atlantic Records singles