Suspicions (song)

"Suspicions"
"Suspicions"
Single by Tim McGraw
from the album Let It Go
Released	November 26, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Country
Length	5:17 (album version); 4:13 (radio edit)
Label	Curb
Songwriter(s)	David Malloy; Randy McCormick; Eddie Rabbitt; Even Stevens;
Producer(s)	Darran Smith; Tim McGraw; Byron Gallimore;
Tim McGraw singles chronology

"Suspicions"
"Suspicions"
Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album Loveline
B-side	"I Don't Wanna Make Love (With Anyone Else but You)"
Released	May 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:20
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	David Malloy; Randy McCormick; Eddie Rabbitt; Even Stevens;
Producer(s)	David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
Music video
	Listen to "Suspicions" (1979 TV performance) on YouTube

"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[edit]

The song was the first single from Rabbitt's 1979 album Loveline, "Suspicions" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in August. "Suspicions" also continued Rabbitt's rise as a crossover artist; peaking at #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."^[2]

"Suspicions" was named Broadcast Music Incorporated's Song of the Year a year later.^[3]

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	66
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	13
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	41
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	7

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1979)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	85
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[9]	39
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[10]	18

Tim McGraw version[edit]

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 #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."^[11]

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 #12 on Billboard Hot Country Songs in February 2008, becoming the second Top 40 hit of Tim's career to miss the Top 10.^[12]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)^[13]	12
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[14]	12
US Billboard Hot 100^[15]	87

References[edit]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Edwards, Joe (7 July 1985). "A Beer Helped Make Eddie Rabbitt Famous". Star-News. Associated Press. p. 8E.
^ "Randy McCormick". Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ Musicoutfitters.com
^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
^ Tucker, Ken (31 March 2007). "Let It Go review". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, p. 273
^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

External links[edit]

Listen to "Suspicions" (Eddie Rabbitt) on YouTube

[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Edwards, Joe (7 July 1985). "A Beer Helped Make Eddie Rabbitt Famous". Star-News. Associated Press. p. 8E.

[3] "Randy McCormick". Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Eddie_Rabbitt-5] "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Eddie_Rabbitt-6] "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Eddie_Rabbitt-7] "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

[8] Musicoutfitters.com

[9] "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

[10] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

[11] Tucker, Ken (31 March 2007). "Let It Go review". Billboard.

[12] Whitburn, p. 273

[sc_Billboardcanadacountry_Tim_McGraw-13] "Tim McGraw Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Tim_McGraw-14] "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Tim_McGraw-15] "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

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Compilation albums	The Best of Eddie Rabbitt Greatest Hits Vol. II
Notable singles	"You Get to Me" "Forgive and Forget" "I Should Have Married You" "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" "Rocky Mountain Music" "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" "I Can't Help Myself" "We Can't Go On Living Like This" "Hearts on Fire" "You Don't Love Me Anymore" "I Just Want to Love You" "Every Which Way But Loose" "Suspicions" "Pour Me Another Tequila" "Gone Too Far" "Drivin' My Life Away" "I Love a Rainy Night" "Step by Step" "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" "I Don't Know Where to Start" "You and I" (with Crystal Gayle) "You Can't Run from Love" "You Put the Beat in My Heart" "Nothing Like Falling in Love" "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" "The Best Year of My Life" "Warning Sign" "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" "A World Without Love" "Repetitive Regret" "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Juice Newton) "Gotta Have You" "I Wanna Dance with You" "The Wanderer" "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" "On Second Thought" "Runnin' with the Wind" "It's Lonely Out Tonite" "American Boy" "Tennessee Born and Bred" "Hang Up the Phone"
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Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"
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