Released September 3, 1988 | Recorded March 3, 1988 Length 3:13 | |
B-side "I Always Get It Right with You" | ||
"If I Could Bottle This Up" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Dean Dillon. It was recorded as a duet by country singers George Jones and Shelby Lynne and released as a single in September 1988, peaking at #43. It was Lynne's first single release and she would follow it with her debut LP Sunshine, which Billy Sherrill would also produce. The song would later surface on the Jones duet compilation Friends in High Places in 1991.
Paul Overstreet version
Overstreet released his own version of the song in November 1991 as the fourth single from his album Heroes. The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
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