Forgive (song)

"Forgive"
Single by Rebecca Lynn Howard
from the album Forgive
B-side"Pink Flamingo Kind of Love"[2]
ReleasedMay 6, 2002[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:58
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rebecca Lynn Howard singles chronology
"Simple Things"
(2001)
"Forgive"
(2002)
"What a Shame"
(2003)

"Forgive" is a song by American country music singer-songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard, written by Howard and Trey Bruce, who co-produced the track with Mark Wright. The track debuted to country radio on May 6, 2002, as the lead and only single from her second studio album of the same name via MCA Nashville. It was also included on the soundtrack to the NBC drama series Providence.[3]

The track became a big success for Howard, peaking at number 12 on the US Hot Country Songs chart; it is to date her only top-40 entry on the chart.[2] A video was also released, which became successful. Howard and Bruce would be nominated at the 38th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2003 for Song of the Year as songwriters;[4] they ended up losing the award to Phillip Brian White and David Vincent Williams' "I'm Movin' On".

  1. ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1451. May 3, 2002. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ Providence (Music from the Television Series) (CD booklet). Various musical artists. MCA Nashville Records. 2002. 170 302-2
  4. ^ "Keith tops country music nominees". The Robesonian. March 5, 2003. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Google Books.