… He says, "That's perfect." It was terrible. I've listened to 500 love songs. You wrote it with our buddy Eric Kaz. Oh and I played it for Jerry Weintraub, who'd been producing the movie, who said, "That's it.". She's just not happy with it, so we're going to take it off the album.”. This is going to be unbelievable.” I'm getting excited. And it was a monster. Bart Herbison: I'd forgotten that story. And to his credit George owned it. Bart Herbison: You know how many ticked-off songwriters there are? It reached number-one in both the United States and Canada.

Done in this very cool, R&B, vibey, Boyz II Men thing. Bart Herbison: Absolutely. "I Cross My Heart.” So, congratulations, I'm gonna owe you for my lovely marriage to Alisha. That decade included a failed attempt by Bette Midler … It was odd, but it wasn't country.

These two videos were released consecutively as were the singles. I get a call about three weeks later from Arif saying, "Bette just doesn't like herself on this. Steve Dorff: Yeah. For me, the true test of a hit is also the marriage of a great song with the right artist. And at the right time. Finally, it found a home with George Strait, and the closing credits of his 1992 film "Pure Country.".

"I Cross My Heart" is a song written by Steve Dorff and Eric Kaz, and performed by American country music artist George Strait. Steve Dorff: Well, I got married to that song, too, and it didn't work for me. It was released in September 1992 as the first single to his album Pure Country, which is also the soundtrack to the movie of the same title. Bart Herbison: I just celebrated my 13th wedding anniversary. Dorff shared the story behind the song with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International. We demoed it that way. We made this terrific little piano vocal version. Do you have anything? We made a great record and then everybody was scared to put it out as the first single from the movie because it's a ballad. Guess what the first song on it was. " I Cross My Heart " is a song written by Steve Dorff and Eric Kaz, and performed by American country music artist George Strait. I'm really excited. I thought it was a really cool song. For full video interviews with all of our subjects, visit www.tennessean.com/music.

And it has stood the test of time. Steve Dorff: A very easy write. And I think it really is a combination of lyrics you would say to somebody that aren't too overthought and (melody). Since it became available for digital download, the song has sold 992,000 digital copies in the United States as of January 2015. I think we wrote it in an hour, maybe. If you still don't like it, we'll take it out of the movie." He says, “Steve, I don't have the song for the end of the movie. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 3, 1992 and peaked at number one on December 5, 1992. I don't know what her playlist was. We sang it three, four times. In partnership with Nashville Songwriters Association International, the "Story Behind the Song" video interview series features Nashville-connected songwriters discussing one of their compositions. Video made by Metaldagon Did you ever hear that cut by the way? Steve Dorff: Oh yeah. To her credit, she knew that it wasn't the right song for her voice. For the All-4-One song, see, "The Top 30 Digital Singles: January 19, 2016", "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Cross_My_Heart&oldid=985027904, Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles, Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer), Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 October 2020, at 14:53.

Academy Award time. So this song is now going on 10 years old. "I Cross My Heart" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. We fly down to Nashville to play for George Strait. The music video was directed by Charley Randazzo, and consists entirely of scenes from the film, Strait's next music video "Heartland" also exclusively used scenes from Pure Country. The song is featured as the movie's finale. Lyrical Music Video of George Strait's song I cross my heart. ", I get a phone call from Chris Caine, who is directing a movie called “Pure Country.” Panic mode. We went in again. It’s a great demo. … I made her a playlist, I burned her a CD. We tried. Bart Herbison: It's worked for me, man. ", I dig this song up again, and the next day, I go over to Chris' house and play it for him on the piano. It reached number-one in both the United States and Canada. You don't lead with a new album with a movie with a ballad that doesn't sound anything like George Strait, but they did. [1], This article is about the George Strait song. It's not working for her. AD It took 10 years for Steve Dorff to find a home for "I Cross My Heart," a ballad he penned with Eric Kaz. It took 10 years for Steve Dorff to find a home for "I Cross My Heart," a ballad he penned with Eric Kaz. We come down and we play it for George Strait and Tony Brown. Steve Dorff: I played that song for everyone I knew, including my mother, for the next eight years. And everybody without question said, "Nice, not one of your best. … George said, "Let's try it." This is going to be in the movie. Bette Midler cuts it. When Kaz and I finished the song, I thought it was a Boyz II Men kind of song. And Jerry Weintraub said, "George, try it. Not good. It was released in September 1992 as the first single to his album Pure Country, which is also the soundtrack to the movie of the same title. That decade included a failed attempt by Bette Midler to make the song her own. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Played it for a bunch of people and (they said), “Not one of your best, Steve.”. Steve Dorff: Bette cuts it to Arif Mardin, who calls me and says, “Dust off your shelf for an Oscar. Steve Dorff: We both love to eat, so it was like, “Come on, man, let's finish this now.”, … Of all the stories of all my songs, this one really has a great story. I just don't have it.

… I will tell you this for sure: The hardest song to write in any genre is a simple love song that I give a damn about. I go in with a singer that did a lot of demos for me, Suzie Benson.

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