"Something Like That" is a song written by Rick Ferrell and Keith Follesé, and performed by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

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 artist Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

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. It was released in June 1999 as the second single from McGraw's album, A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun (Tim McGraw album)

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. The song reached number one on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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) chart. It also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Country Singles and peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it a minor crossover hit. According to Nielsen BDS, the song was the top-played radio single in any musical genre in the 2000s with 487,343 spins from January 1, 2000, to December 17, 2009.

Concept

This song is about a man, who sees a woman at a county fair on Labor Day

Labor Day

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 weekend when he is seventeen, and then five years later, sees her on a plane, while the man is heading to Mardi Gras

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. The bridge talks about how a love can never go away no matter how long the two people are apart.

Music video

This was the first video to be directed by Scott Scovill. It features McGraw during his 1999 tour. This was also McGraw's last video, until 2001's "The Cowboy In Me," which was also shot on tour.

Chart performance

"Something Like That" re-entered the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks as an official single at #68 for the week of July 3, 1999.

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	28
Canadian RPM Country Singles	1