"I See It Now" is a song written by

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, Paul Nelson and Woody Lee, and recorded by American

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artist

Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lee Lawrence (born January 27, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 19 ...

. It was released in August 1994 as the first single from his album of the same name. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''

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chart and reached number 5 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 84 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball, and premiered in late 1994. It begins with the bank explosion from the "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" video, which Lawrence is "leaped" to a high-school dance, where he and his band perform the song. As the song ends, Lawrence dances with a pretty young woman on the dance floor, which is then "leaped" to the next video for "As Any Fool Can See". It was one of many music videos Lawrence had filmed in the mid 1990s (with Marc Ball as director) that interpreted the television series ''

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''.

Chart performance

The song made its debut at number 60 on the ''

chart dated September 10, 1994, and charted for twenty weeks on that chart. It reached number 2 on the chart dated November 19, 1994, being held from the top spot by

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's " Shut Up and Kiss Me".

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1994 singles 1994 songs Tracy Lawrence songs Songs written by Larry Boone Song recordings produced by James Stroud Atlantic Records singles Songs written by Paul Nelson (songwriter) {{1994-country-song-stub