No Place That Far (song)
{{short description|1998 song performed by Sara Evans}}
{{Infobox song
| name = No Place That Far
| cover = No Place That Far single - Copy.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sara Evans
| album = No Place That Far
| B-side = "Cryin' Game"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=138|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
| released = September 28, 1998
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:37
| label = RCA Nashville
| writer = Sara Evans, Tony Martin, Tom Shapiro
| producer = Norro Wilson, Buddy Cannon
| chronology = Sara Evans
| prev_title = Cryin' Game
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Fool, I'm a Woman
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{External music video|"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071022063442/http://www.cmt.com/videos/sara-evans/59459/no-place-that-far.jhtml No Place That Far]" at CMT.com}}
}}
"No Place That Far" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Sara Evans. It was released in September 1998 as the second single and title track from her album of the same name. It was her first Top 40 single on the Hot Country Songs chart, as well as her first number one hit. An acoustic version of "No Place That Far" without backing vocals was included on Evans' compilation album Feels Like Home. Evans wrote this song with Tom Shapiro and Tony Martin.
Content
"No Place That Far" begins in the key of C major, and modulates upward to D major on the last chorus.{{cite book|title=Contemporary Country|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=1999|edition=1|pages=200–205|isbn=0-634-01594-X}} Evans' vocals range from G{{Sub|3}} to B{{Sub|4}}. Vince Gill provides backing vocals.
In it, the female narrator states that she will do anything to keep her lover near her.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "evocative ballad that should help her win long-overdue acceptance at country radio." She goes on to say that Evans voice has a "richness and vibrancy that soar powerfully above the fiddle and piano on the lustrous chorus." Price calls the lyric "memorable, poignant - emotional but not mushy."Billboard, November 7, 1998
Music video
A music video was released for the song directed by Thom Oliphant. The video takes place in a forest with Evans dressed in a black and red dress with Vince Gill behind her as they perform the song.
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 69 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 3, 1998. "No Place That Far" spent thirty weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, peaking at number one on the chart dated for the week ending March 6, 1999. The song was Evans' first Top 40 country hit on both the country and Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at 37 on the latter.
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! scope="col"| Chart (1998–1999) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Canadacountry|4|chartid=7361|publishdate=March 22, 1999|access-date=July 7, 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|37|artist=Sara Evans}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Sara Evans}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999|work=RPM|date=December 13, 1999|access-date=July 7, 2013}}
| align="center" | 29 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1999: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 7, 2013}}
| align="center" | 26 |
Other cover versions
- In 2000, the song was recorded by Westlife on their album Coast to Coast.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Sara Evans songs}}
{{Vince Gill}}
{{Westlife songs}}
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Category:Songs written by Tom Shapiro
Category:Songs written by Tony Martin (songwriter)
Category:Songs written by Sara Evans
Category:Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon