After All This Time (Rodney Crowell song)

"After All This Time" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in January 1989 as the fourth single from the album Diamonds & Dirt. It was Crowell's seventh single to reach the U.S. country music chart and the fourth of five number ones. "After All This Time" spent one week at the top and 15 weeks on chart overall.[1] It won a 1990 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. Contrary to popular belief, it took Crowell 4 years to complete the song.

"After All This Time"
Single by Rodney Crowell
from the album Diamonds & Dirt
B-side"Oh King Richard"
ReleasedJanuary 1989
RecordedNovember 1987
GenreCountry
Length4:28
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Rodney Crowell
Producer(s)Tony Brown and Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell singles chronology
"She's Crazy for Leavin'"
(1988)		 "After All This Time"
(1989)		 "Above and Beyond"
(1989)

Andy Williams covered this song on his 1991 album Nashville.

Music video

The video for the song was directed by Bill Pope. It mainly features Crowell singing the song into a microphone against a black background and dressed in all black, with a few cut scenes of him in a cafe alone and noticing a waitress's name tag, only for her to comfort him (this makes him think of his lover who departed him) and him sitting on his couch tuning his guitar. It was nominated for the Country Music Association Award for Video of the Year.

Chart performance
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 37
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 22

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 93.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6344." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 5, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  3. "Rodney Crowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.


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