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It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings

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B-side
  
"I May Be a Fool"

Format
  
CD single

Length
  
3:13

Released
  
December 18, 1995

Genre
  
Country

Label
  
Decca

"It Wouldn't to Have Wings" is a song written by Jerry Foster, Roger Lavoie and Johnny Morris, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in December 1995 as the second single from the album Wings. The song reached number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

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Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Chesnutt "makes the trials of heartbreak sound survivable in this fiddle-laced tune that eloquently states, 'They say time can fly like a magical thing, but it sure wouldn't hurt to have wings.'"

Chart performance

"It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 30, 1995.

References

It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings Wikipedia