Can't Be Really Gone

"Can't Be Really Gone" is a song written by Gary Burr, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in October 1995 as the second single from his album All I Want. It peaked at number two on the United States Billboard country chart, and number four on the Canadian RPM country chart.

"Can't Be Really Gone"
Single by Tim McGraw
from the album All I Want
B-side"That's Just Me"[1]
ReleasedOctober 23, 1995[2]
GenreCountry
Length3:21
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)Gary Burr
Producer(s)
Tim McGraw singles chronology
"I Like It, I Love It"
(1995)		 "Can't Be Really Gone"
(1995)		 "All I Want Is a Life"
(1996)

Track listing

Single

  1. Can't Be Really Gone 3:20
  2. That's Just Me 3:13

Content

The song is a ballad where the narrator observes the various items that his lover has left behind. He tells himself that she "can't be really gone" if she has left behind an unfinished book and her favorite shoes.

Music video

The music video premiered on CMT on October 28, 1995, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot", and was directed and produced by Sherman Halsey. It features McGraw performing the song in a room, with an orchestra behind him, and showing people in their everyday lives. At the end of the video, there was a hotline number for the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Thom Jurek, in their review of the album, said that McGraw delivered the song with sincerity, and that it and other similar songs showed his artistic growth over Not a Moment Too Soon, his last album.[3]

Chart positions

"Can't Be Really Gone" re-entered the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks as an official single at number 67 for the week of October 21, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 87
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 2

Year-end charts
Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 81
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 74

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 272–273. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. AOL Music profile for "Can't Be Really Gone"
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Thom Jurek. "All I Want review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2855." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 15, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  5. "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  7. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  8. "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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