'Keith did a great job singin' that song,' co-composer Schlitz told author Tom Roland. It was the second of five consecutive chart-topping singles for Whitley, who did not live to see the last two, as he died on May 9, 1989, of alcohol poisoning. 61, and gradually rose to the top, where it stayed for two weeks at the end of the year. 'When You Say Nothing at All' entered the Hot Country Singles chart on September 17, 1988, at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, his first chart-topper after three prior singles made the top 10. RCA released 'When You Say Nothing at All' as the follow-up single to the title song of Whitley's Don't Close Your Eyes album. 1 hit for another artist - Randy Travis' ' On the Other Hand.' Whitley did not plan to let 'When You Say Nothing at All' meet the same fate. Earlier, he had recorded another Overstreet-Schlitz composition that became a No. When Keith Whitley heard it, he loved it, and was not going to let it get away. They thought the song was OK, but nothing special. 'As we tried to find another way to say nothing, we came up with the song', Overstreet later told author Ace Collins. Strumming a guitar, trying to write their next song, they were coming up empty. Krauss' recording won the 1995 CMA award for 'Single of the Year'.Overstreet and Schlitz came up with 'When You Say Nothing at All' at the end of an otherwise unproductive day. 2 on the same magazine's Hot Country Singles Sales chart.

3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a commercial single reached No.

That version, also featured on Krauss' compilation Now That I've Found You: A Collection, peaked at No. After Krauss's cover began to receive unsolicited airplay, BNA Records, the label that had released the album, issued Krauss' version to radio in January 1995. The single release featured 'Charlotte's in North Carolina,' one of several previously-unreleased tracks sung by Whitley on the album, as the B-side. In 1995, Alison Krauss covered the song with the group Union Station for a tribute album to Whitley titled Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album. 'He truly sang it from the heart.' In 2004, Whitley's original was ranked 12th among CMT's 100 Greatest Love Songs. It was the second of five consecutive chart-topping singles for Whitley, who did not live to see the last two, as he died on of alcohol poisoning. It is among the best-known hit songs for three different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on DecemAlison Krauss, whose version was her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995 and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose version was his first solo single and a chart-topper in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1999. ' When You Say Nothing at All' is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. TO PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS THE FIRST VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING, PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 3rd FRET!

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