| "The Secret Of Life" | ||||
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| Single by Faith Hill | ||||
| from the album Faith | ||||
| Released | May 3, 1999[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gretchen Peters | |||
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"The Secret of Life" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters. The song was included on her debut album of the same name in 1996.[2]
The track would become famous when country musician Faith Hill recorded it for her third studio album Faith (1998). The song would be released on May 3, 1999, via Warner Bros. Nashville as the fifth and final single from the album. The track was a success for Hill, hitting number 4 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.[3] It would also reach the runner-up spot of the Canadian RPM Country Tracks and the top-fifty of the Billboard Hot 100. Peters would later re-record the song as an acoustic recording to her 2015 studio album Blackbirds.
- ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1297. April 30, 1999. p. 64.
- ^ The Secret of Life (liner notes). Gretchen Peters. 1996. Imprint Records. 10000
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.