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"One Promise Too Late" is a song written by
Dave Loggins David Allen Loggins (November 10, 1947 – July 10, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his 1974 hit single " Please Come to Boston" as well as his 1984 duet with Anne Murray, " Nobody Loves Me Like You ...
,
Don Schlitz Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American songwriter who has written more than twenty number one hits on the country music charts. He is best known for his song " The Gambler" (Kenny Rogers), and as the co-writer of " For ...
and Lisa Silver, 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
Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire ( ; born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music, country singer and actress. Dubbed "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Sin ...
. It was released in May 1987 as the third single from the album '' What Am I Gonna Do About You''. The song was McEntire's eighth number-one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.


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The song tells the story of a woman who meets a man and falls in love, but she is already married and refuses to break her promise to her husband. She expresses regret that the man hadn't entered her life at a time when she could act on her love for him. Despite her inability to have the man of her dreams, she has no regret she met him, and he will live forever in her mind.


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1987 singles 1986 songs Reba McEntire songs Songs written by Dave Loggins Songs written by Don Schlitz Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen MCA Records singles Songs written by Lisa Silver {{1986-country-song-stub