Suspicions (song)#Tim McGraw version

"Suspicions" is a country music song. It was originally recorded and released as a single in 1979 by Eddie Rabbitt from his album Loveline; his version was a number one hit on the Billboard country music chart and a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song saw renewed popularity in 2007–08, when Tim McGraw recorded and released a cover version on his album Let It Go.

Eddie Rabbitt version

{{Infobox song

| name = Suspicions

| cover = Suspicions_-_Eddie_Rabbitt.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Eddie Rabbitt

| album = Loveline

| B-side = "I Don't Wanna Make Love (With Anyone Else but You)"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=337|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

| released = May 1979

| format =

| recorded = 1979

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 4:20

| label = Elektra

| writer = * David Malloy

Randy McCormick
Eddie Rabbitt
Even Stevens

| producer = David Malloy

| prev_title = Every Which Way but Loose

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Pour Me Another Tequila

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|prB_L0KVhsI|Listen to "Suspicions" (1979 TV performance)}}}}

}}

The song was the first single from Rabbitt's 1979 album Loveline, "Suspicions" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in August. "Suspicions" also continued Rabbitt's rise as a crossover artist; peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was his highest peak on the pop chart to that time. It was also a top 10 Adult Contemporary hit on the charts of both the U.S. and Canada.

Rabbitt said that he wrote the song "in five minutes in the studio during a lunch break".{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GuBOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7025,1936129&dq=eddie-rabbitt+suspicions&hl=en |title=A Beer Helped Make Eddie Rabbitt Famous |last=Edwards |first=Joe |date=7 July 1985 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Star-News |page=8E}}

"Suspicions" was named Broadcast Music Incorporated's Song of the Year a year later.{{cite web|url=http://www.alamhof.org/randymccormick.html|title=Randy McCormick|work=Alabama Music Hall of Fame|access-date=10 August 2011}}

=Chart performance=

=Weekly charts=

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!align="left"|Chart (1979)

!align="center"|Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 66

{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|9|artist=Eddie Rabbitt}}

align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|1

align="left"|Canadian RPM Top Singles

|align="center"|41

align="left"|Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks

|align="center"|7

=Year-end charts=

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Chart (1979) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Position
US Billboard Hot 100[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm Musicoutfitters.com] \| style="text-align:center;"\|85
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/adult-contemporary-songs\|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=July 31, 2021}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|39
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs\|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=July 31, 2021}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|18

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Chart (1979)

! style="text-align:center;"|Position

US Billboard Hot 100[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm Musicoutfitters.com]

| style="text-align:center;"|85

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|39

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|18

Tim McGraw version

{{Infobox song

| name = Suspicions

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Tim McGraw

| album = Let It Go

| released = November 26, 2007

| format =

| recorded = 2007

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = * 5:17 {{small|(album version)}}

4:13 {{small|(radio edit)}}

| label = Curb

| writer = * David Malloy

Randy McCormick
Eddie Rabbitt
Even Stevens

| producer = * Darran Smith

Tim McGraw
Byron Gallimore

| prev_title = If You're Reading This

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Kristofferson

| next_year = 2008

}}

In 2007, country music artist Tim McGraw recorded a cover of "Suspicions" for his album Let It Go. McGraw's cover of the song originally peaked at number 56 in early 2007 from unsolicited airplay shortly after the release of Let It Go.

Ken Tucker of Billboard described McGraw's cover positively, saying that McGraw sings "like a man who knows what it's like to have heads turn when your wife walks into the room".{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|date=31 March 2007|title=Let It Go review|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22eddie+rabbitt%22+%22suspicions%22&pg=PA51}}

McGraw's version was released on November 26, 2007, the fourth single from the album (counting "If You're Reading This", only available on later presses). The cover version peaked at number 12 on Billboard Hot Country Songs in February 2008, becoming the second top 40 hit of Tim's career to miss the top 10.Whitburn, p. 273