“If You Loved Me”, a song written by Tom Shapiro and Paul Nelson, was recorded by Tracy Lawrence for the Atlantic label, in October 1995, at Tree Recording Studio, Nashville, TN, at the recording session of the album Tracy was Accompanied by: Brent Rowan (guitar), Brent Mason (guitar), Butch Davis (guitar), Larry Byrom (guitar), Mark Casstevens (guitar), Mike Brown (guitar), Paul Franklin, Bruce Bouton, Tom Baughman (steel), Glenn Worf, Dave Pomeroy, Leon Watson (bass), Lonnie Wilson, Milton Sledge and Vic Mastrianni (drums), Rob Hajocos, Joe Spivey, Hank Singer and Billy Cochran (fiddle), Flip Anderson and Dennis Burnside (piano, organ and keyboards), Terry McMillan (percussion). With the production of Don Cook, the song was released on December 4, 1995. On March 23, 1996, it reached number # 4 of the U.S Hot Country Songs charts, remaining a total of 20 weeks on the charts. On the Canada Country Tracks charts, he also reached number # 4.
The song was included in Tracy’s fourth studio album, Time Marches On (Atlantic 1996), the album was released on January 13, 1996, on May 18, 1996, reached #4 of the US Top charts Country Albums, and remained a total of 77 weeks on the charts. On the Canadian RPM Country Albums charts, it also reached # 4.
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