"Outbound Plane" is a song written by American

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and Tom Russell. It was released on Griffith's 1988 album '' Little Love Affairs''. Suzy Bogguss covered the song as the opening track and the second single from her 1991 album ''

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''. The song reached number 9 on the ''

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chart in March 1992.

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Music video

The "Outbound Plane" music video was filmed on location at the

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. The video depicts Bogguss and her lover as central characters dancing around in the boneyard. The video was directed by American team directors

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, consisting of Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1991 singles Suzy Bogguss songs Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Liberty Records singles Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions Songs written by Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith songs 1988 songs {{1991-country-song-stub