I'll Be (Reba McEntire song)

"I'll Be"
"I'll Be"
	Australia cover art
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album So Good Together
B-side	"When You're Not Trying"
Released	March 13, 2000
Genre	Country
Length	4:23
Label	MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Diane Warren
Producer(s)	Reba McEntire; Tony Brown;
Reba McEntire singles chronology

"I'll Be" is a song by American country music recording artist Reba McEntire. The song was written by famed songwriter Diane Warren, with McEntire co-producing the track with frequent collaborator Tony Brown. Released as the second single from her 24th studio album So Good Together (1999), the track was sent to country radio on March 13, 2000.

The song continued McEntire's chart success, hitting number four on both the US Hot Country Songs chart and Canada RPM Country Tracks while also becoming her second entry in Australia.

Music video

Deaton-Flanigen Productions filmed the music video for "I'll Be". It is one of McEntire's few music videos not available on her official YouTube channel. It debuted to CMT on March 12, 2000.^[2] The video would be nominated for Video of the Year at the 2001 TNN Country Weekly Music Awards, the precursor to the modern-day CMT Music Awards.^[3]

Commercial performance

"I'll Be" initially entered the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 12, 2000 due to unsolicited airplay at number 69. It re-entered the chart the week of March 25, 2000 at number 52, unofficially being the highest debut of the week (the highest first-time debut of that week was Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert's "I Hope You Dance" at number 56). It would hit its peak position of number four on the chart on July 22, 2000, becoming her 51st top-ten single. On both country charts for Radio & Records and Gavin Report, the track hit number three.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	198
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	51
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	4
US Radio Songs (Billboard)^[8]	42
US Country Top 50 (Radio & Records)^[9]	3
US GavinCountry (Gavin Report)^[10]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	28
US Country (Radio & Records)^[12]	26

References

^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1341. March 10, 2000. p. 74.
^ "Video Monitor: New Ons". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media. March 25, 2000. p. 79. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 28, 2024 – via Google Books.
^ "Jackson leads nominees for country music awards". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. March 26, 2001. p. 19. Retrieved August 28, 2024 – via Google Books.
^ "Reba McEntire ARIA Chart history (complete) (1988 to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7228." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 24, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard.
^ "R&R Country Top 50". Radio & Records. No. 1359. July 14, 2000. p. 125.
^ "Gavin Country". Gavin Report. No. 2313. July 14, 2000. p. 34.
^ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
^ "Country: Top 100 of 2000". Radio & Records. No. 1381. December 15, 2000. p. 85.

[1] "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1341. March 10, 2000. p. 74.

[2] "Video Monitor: New Ons". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media. March 25, 2000. p. 79. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 28, 2024 – via Google Books.

[3] "Jackson leads nominees for country music awards". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. March 26, 2001. p. 19. Retrieved August 28, 2024 – via Google Books.

[ARIA_history_pages-4] "Reba McEntire ARIA Chart history (complete) (1988 to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

[sc_Canadacountry_-5] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7228." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 24, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Reba_McEntire-6] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Reba_McEntire-7] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardradiosongs_Reba_McEntire-8] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard.

[9] "R&R Country Top 50". Radio & Records. No. 1359. July 14, 2000. p. 125.

[10] "Gavin Country". Gavin Report. No. 2313. July 14, 2000. p. 34.

[11] "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

[12] "Country: Top 100 of 2000". Radio & Records. No. 1381. December 15, 2000. p. 85.

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Albums Singles Videos
1970s	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams"
1980s	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" "Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)" "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This" "Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" "How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave" "Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind" "Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock" "What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late" "The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game" "Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"
1990s	"Walk On" "You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love" "For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" "Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call" "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You" "Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still" "On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "One Honest Heart" "What Do You Say"
2000s	"I'll Be" "We're So Good Together" "I'm a Survivor" "Sweet Music Man" "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" "Somebody" "He Gets That from Me" "My Sister" "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" "Love Needs a Holiday" "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson) "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing) "Strange" "Consider Me Gone"
2010s	"I Keep On Loving You" "Turn On the Radio" "If I Were a Boy" "When Love Gets a Hold of You" "Somebody's Chelsea" "Going Out Like That" "Until They Don't Love You" "Just Like Them Horses" "Softly and Tenderly" "Back to God" "God and My Girlfriends" "Freedom"
2020s	"Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "I Can't"
Other singles	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.) "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Country" (with Various artists) "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett) "What If"