"Valentine" is a song co-written and performed by American recording artist
Jim Brickman
James Merrill Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums ''Peace'' (2003) for Best Instrumental, and ''Faith'' (2009) for Best New Age Album. ...
, with a guest vocal from
Martina McBride
Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, born July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material.
McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and reloc ...
. It first appeared on his 1997 album ''Picture This'', and later on McBride's album ''
Evolution
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''.
Chart performance
The song charted on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
charts in 1997, peaking at number 50 on the former and number 3 on the latter.
Although it first appeared on the
Hot Country Songs charts at that time, it was not officially released as a single to the country format until a year later.
The song was the follow-up to her single "
A Broken Wing
"A Broken Wing" is a song written by James House, Sam Hogin and Phil Barnhart, and recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride. It was released in September 1997 as the second single from McBride's album ''Evolution''. In January ...
," to which "Valentine" originally served as the
b-side.
Upon its official release, "Valentine" peaked at number 9.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1997 singles
Jim Brickman songs
Martina McBride songs
Male–female vocal duets
RCA Records Nashville singles
Songs written by Jim Brickman
Songs written by Jack Kugell
1997 songs
1990s ballads
Country ballads
Pop ballads
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