Carried Away (George Strait song)

"Carried Away"
Single by George Strait
from the album Blue Clear Sky
B-side"Do the Right Thing"
ReleasedJune 3, 1996
RecordedSeptember 25, 1995[1]
GenreCountry
Length
  • 3:19 (album version)
  • 2:58 (single edit)
LabelMCA Nashville 55204
Songwriter(s)Steve Bogard
Jeff Stevens
Producer(s)Tony Brown
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Blue Clear Sky"
(1996) 		"Carried Away"
(1996) 		"I Can Still Make Cheyenne"
(1996)

"Carried Away" is a song written by Steve Bogard and Jeff Stevens and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1996 as the second single from Strait's 1996 album Blue Clear Sky. In August of that year, it became Strait's 30th number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The song was one of two George Strait songs (the other being "One Night at a Time") to be nominated for Single of the Year at the 1997 Country Music Association awards.[2]

  1. ^ Latest Greatest Sraitest Hits (CD). George Strait. MCA Nashville. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Haggerty, Kate (1997-09-16). "Sting, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, and LeAnn Rimes Among Performers on 31st Annual CMA Awards". CMT. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 2008-10-11.