That Was a River

"That Was A River" is a song written by Susan Longacre and Rick Giles, and recorded by American country music singer Collin Raye that peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in July 1993 as the fourth and final single from his CD In This Life.

"That Was A River"
Single by Collin Raye
from the album In This Life
B-side	"Big River"
Released	July 27, 1993
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	3:13
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Rick Giles Susan Longacre
Producer(s)	Garth Fundis, John Hobbs
Collin Raye singles chronology
"Somebody Else's Moon" (1993) "That Was A River" (1993) "That's My Story" (1993)

Raye debuted the song at the 28th ACM Awards on May 11, 1993 (2 months before being released as a single) as part of a "Top New Male Vocalist Medley" alongside nominees Billy Ray Cyrus and Tracy Lawrence, who performed their hit songs "Some Gave All" and "Alibis".

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 68 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated August 7, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 4 on the chart dated November 20, 1993.^[1]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2]	15
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	64