Untanglin' My Mind

"Untanglin' My Mind"
"Untanglin' My Mind"
Single by Clint Black
from the album One Emotion
B-side	"I Can Get By"
Released	September 1994
Genre	Country
Length	3:24
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Clint Black; Merle Haggard
Producer(s)	James Stroud; Clint Black
Clint Black singles chronology

"Untanglin' My Mind" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. Black wrote the song with Merle Haggard. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from the album One Emotion. The song peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 3 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[1] Haggard also recorded the song on his 1996 album 1996. ^[3]

Content

The song is a ballad in which the narrator states that if anyone were to ask his now ex-lover where he's gone to, that she should state he's elsewhere.

Critical reception

Mike Joyce of The Washington Post gave the song a positive review, saying that it was "the album's best tune" and saying that it showed the similarities in Black's and Haggard's styles.^[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Clint Black himself and premiered in October 1994.

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	4

References

^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ One Emotion (CD booklet). Clint Black. RCA Records. 1994. 0786366419-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ McCall, Michael. "1996 > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ Joyce, Mike (16 October 1994). "Wry Country Misery Of Honky-Tonk Laments These Three Acts Sing". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2674." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 5, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
^ "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] One Emotion (CD booklet). Clint Black. RCA Records. 1994. 0786366419-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[AM-3] McCall, Michael. "1996 > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 16, 2015.

[4] Joyce, Mike (16 October 1994). "Wry Country Misery Of Honky-Tonk Laments These Three Acts Sing". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

[sc_Canadacountry_-5] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2674." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 5, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Clint_Black-6] "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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v t e Clint Black singles
Killin' Time	"A Better Man" "Killin' Time" "Nobody's Home" "Walkin' Away" "Nothing's News"
Put Yourself in My Shoes	"Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Loving Blind" "One More Payment" "Where Are You Now"
The Hard Way	"We Tell Ourselves" "Burn One Down" "When My Ship Comes In"
No Time to Kill	"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) "No Time to Kill" "State of Mind" "A Good Run of Bad Luck" "Half the Man"
One Emotion	"Untanglin' My Mind" "Wherever You Go" "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" "Life Gets Away"
Greatest Hits	"Like the Rain" "Half Way Up"
Nothin' but the Taillights	"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) "Something That We Do" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "The Shoes You're Wearing" "Loosen Up My Strings" "You Don't Need Me Now"
D'lectrified	"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) "Love She Can't Live Without"
Spend My Time	"Spend My Time"
Other songs	"Desperado" "Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way" (with Waylon Jennings) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "Long Cool Woman"