Best of Intentions

"Best of Intentions" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Travis Tritt. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from his album, Down the Road I Go. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also became Tritt's first Number One single since "Foolish Pride" in 1994, and the last Number One hit of his career.

Content

The song is a ballad in which the narrator talks about his best intentions which never materialized into the life he'd always planned to build for the woman he loves.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that it is a "gorgeous ballad" and that "the song boasts a sweet melody and tender lyric." Price goes on to say that it is a "stirring anthem of devotion that will likely strike a chord with country listeners."^[2]

Music video

The music video for "Best of Intentions" was filmed at Tennessee State Penitentiary, where movies such as Marie, Ernest Goes to Jail, Last Dance and The Green Mile were filmed.^[3]

Chart positions

"Best of Intentions" debuted at number 62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 1, 2000.

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	3^[A]
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	27

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	40

Chart (2001)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	48

Notes

A ^ RPM ceased publication on November 13, 2000. The song had not yet reached its peak.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 427–428. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Billboard, July 1, 2000
↑ A Prison Break
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3976." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 6, 2000. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
↑ "Travis Tritt – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Travis Tritt.
↑ "Travis Tritt – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Travis Tritt.
↑ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
↑ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

External links

Music video on YouTube

Preceded by "The Little Girl" by John Michael Montgomery	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single November 18, 2000	Succeeded by "Just Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Vassar

Travis Tritt singles

Country Club	"Country Club" "Help Me Hold On" "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" "Put Some Drive in Your Country" "Drift Off to Dream"

It's All About to Change	"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" "Anymore" "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart) "Nothing Short of Dying"

T-R-O-U-B-L-E	"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" "Can I Trust You with My Heart" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Looking Out for Number One" "Worth Every Mile"

Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	"Foolish Pride" "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" "Between an Old Memory and Me" "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"

Greatest Hits: From the Beginning	"Sometimes She Forgets" "Only You (And You Alone)"

The Restless Kind	"More Than You'll Ever Know" "Where Corn Don't Grow" "She's Going Home with Me" "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White) "Still in Love with You"

No More Looking over My Shoulder	"If I Lost You" "No More Looking Over My Shoulder" "Start the Car"

Down the Road I Go	"Best of Intentions" "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" "Love of a Woman" "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"

Strong Enough	"Strong Enough to Be Your Man" "Country Ain't Country"

My Honky Tonk History	"The Girl's Gone Wild" "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp) "I See Me"

The Storm	"You Never Take Me Dancing" "Something Stronger Than Me"

The Calm After...	"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)

Other songs	"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart) "Take It Easy" "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart) "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart) "Hope" "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall) "Same Old Train" "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless) "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels) "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat) "Move It On Over" "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean"

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