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Chart Rewind: In 1994, John Michael Montgomery’s ‘I Swear’ Soared to No. 1 on Hot Country Songs
All-4-One’s cover of the love song subsequently crowned the Hot 100.
On Feb. 5, 1994, John Michael Montgomery began a career-best four-week domination on Billboard ’s Hot Country Songs chart with “I Swear.” The ballad marked his second of seven No. Authored by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers, the love song also became a smash for pop/R&B vocal outfit All-4-One, whose version ruled the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for 11 frames beginning that May. The set also arrived atop the Billboard 200, becoming his lone chart-topper, and produced two other Hot Country Songs leaders: “Be My Baby Tonight” and “If You’ve Got Love.”
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