"Can't Be Really Gone" is a song written by

Gary Burr Gary Burr (born 1952 in Meriden, Connecticut) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, primarily in the country music genre. Many of the songs he has written have become Top-10 hits, the first of which was " Love's Been A Litt ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 17 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, five for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on ...

. 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.

Content

"Can't Be Really Gone" is a ballad about a man observing the items left behind in his house by a former lover.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of multiple artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance ...

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 ''Not a Moment Too Soon'' is the second studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on March 22, 1994, by Curb Records. McGraw's breakthrough album, it reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and No. 1 on Billboa ...

'', his last album.

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.

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 1995 singles 1995 songs Tim McGraw songs Songs written by Gary Burr Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Song recordings produced by James Stroud Music videos directed by Sherman Halsey Curb Records singles Country ballads