High Lonesome Sound (song)

"High Lonesome Sound"
Single by Vince Gill
from the album High Lonesome Sound
Released	April 1, 1996
Genre	Country
Length	3:26
Label	MCA 55188
Writer(s)	Vince Gill
Producer(s)	Tony Brown
Vince Gill singles chronology
"Go Rest High on That Mountain" (1995) "High Lonesome Sound" (1996) "Worlds Apart" (1996)

"High Lonesome Sound" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in April 1996 as the first single and title track from his album High Lonesome Sound. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1996 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada the following month.

At the 39th Grammy Awards, "High Lonesome Sound" won the award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

An alternate version of the song was recorded in a more bluegrass orchestration and backed by Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the "vibrant and bluegrassy sound of the instruments combined with Gill's stellar vocals create a winning combination."

Chart performance

"High Lonesome Sound" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 13, 1996

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	16

Preceded by "Time Marches On" by Tracy Lawrence

RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 1, 1996

Succeeded by "Anita Got Married" by Duane Steele