"You Walked In" is a song recorded by American

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group

Lonestar Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (key ...

. It was written by Canadian pop-rock star

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and producer

Robert John "Mutt" Lange Robert John "Mutt" Lange ( ; born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer. He is known for his work in rock music as well as co-writing and producing various songs for Shania Twain, his ex-wife. Her 1997 album ''Come On Over'', whic ...

. The song was released in August 1997 as second single from Lonestar's second album ''

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'' (1997). The song peaked at No. 12 on the ''

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chart in January 1998, and topped out at No. 4 on the Canadian

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Top Country Tracks chart.

Content

The main protagonist in the song tells about how he tried to find true love with famous supermodels, singers and others through a variety of sources, such as

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s and

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events, but only found true love after meeting with the song's main female character, the one alluded to with the song's title line (''"You walked in, with legs up to your neck ... "''). Upon meeting this woman, the man's emotions are aroused, figuratively speaking about how his jaw "hits the ground" and "jumps out of his skin," and wanting more as he becomes excited by her smile and her walking style. The lyrics include references to supermodels

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and

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, singer

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, and

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Single and album edits

The single edit — which was released to radio for airplay — truncates the bridge just before the final three lines of the second verse ("I couldn't think of nothin' better to do ... ") are repeated, leading into the finale. There is also an earlier fade out during the second repeat of the refrain; the refrain is heard almost in its entirety in the album edit, but the fade competes only about a fourth of the way through with the single edit. The single edit is also mixed slightly differently, with more pronounced backing vocals from the band. The song was released less than a week before Diana's death.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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. It shows Lonestar performing the song at a studio with women goofing around. This was the band's first video to show Michael Britt without a cowboy hat and the last video to show him with long hair. This was also the band's last video to feature bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist

John Rich John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After depa ...

, before he left the band in 1998 to pursue a solo career and joining

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to form

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Chart positions

"You Walked In" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 30, 1997.

References

{{Lonestar 1997 singles 1997 songs Lonestar songs BNA Records singles Songs written by Bryan Adams Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange Song recordings produced by Don Cook Music videos directed by Steven Goldmann