Not Counting You

{{Infobox song

| name = Not Counting You

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Garth Brooks

| album = Garth Brooks

| B-side = Cowboy Bill

| released = January 8, 1990

| recorded = 1988

| studio = Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:34

| label = Capitol Nashville 44492

| writer = Garth Brooks

| producer = Allen Reynolds

| prev_title = If Tomorrow Never Comes

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = The Dance

| next_year = 1990

}}

"Not Counting You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 1990 as the third single from his album Garth Brooks. It peaked at #2 in the United States, while it was a number-one in Canada. According to "The Garth Brooks Story" TV special, this was the first song Brooks ever recorded.

Content

The song is an up-tempo song accompanied largely by fiddles. The song's narrator tells his ex-lover that not counting her, no woman has ever made him so blue, nor made him feel bad in any way.

Track listing

7" Jukebox single

Liberty B-44492, 1990

"Not Counting You"
"Cowboy Bill"

7" promotional single

Liberty P-B-44492, 1990

"Not Counting You"
"Not Counting You"

Chart positions

"Not Counting You" debuted the country charts on January 20, 1990, and peaked at number 2 on April 7 of that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.planetgarth.com/gbalbums/album-gb.shtml |title=Garth info at PlanetGarth.com |accessdate= |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990223192002/http://www.planetgarth.com/gbalbums/album-gb.shtml |archivedate=February 23, 1999 }}

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!align="left"|Chart (1990)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=9036|publishdate=April 21, 1990|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\|Chart (1990) !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=nlc008388.9172&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990\|work=RPM\|date=December 22, 1990\|accessdate=August 23, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 29
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1990: Country Songs \| magazine=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| year=1990\| accessdate=August 23, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 20

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"|Chart (1990)

!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=nlc008388.9172&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990|work=RPM|date=December 22, 1990|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

| align="center" | 29

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1990: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | year=1990| accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

| align="center" | 20

References

Category:1990 singles

Category:Garth Brooks songs

Category:Songs written by Garth Brooks

Category:Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:1989 songs

Category:Capitol Records Nashville singles