When I Call Your Name (album)

When I Call Your Name
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)
Genre	Country, country pop
Length	35:48
Label	MCA
Producer	Tony Brown
Vince Gill chronology
The Way Back Home (1987) When I Call Your Name (1989) Pocket Full of Gold (1991)

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When I Call Your Name is the third studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1989 by MCA Records, Gill's first for the label. It features the singles "Never Alone," "Oklahoma Swing," "When I Call Your Name" and "Never Knew Lonely."

"Ridin' the Rodeo" was later released by the band Perfect Stranger in 1994 from their debut album You Have the Right to Remain Silent.

Track listing

1. "Never Alone" (Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill) - 3:34
2. "Sight for Sore Eyes" (Guy Clark, Gill) - 3:07
3. "Oh Girl (You Know Where to Find Me)" (Gill) - 3:40
4. "Oklahoma Swing" (Tim DuBois, Gill) - 3:05
   • duet with Reba McEntire
5. "When I Call Your Name" (DuBois, Gill) - 4:14
6. "Ridin' the Rodeo" (Gill, Kostas) - 2:53
7. "Never Knew Lonely" (Gill) - 4:02
8. "We Won't Dance" (Greg Trooper) - 4:35
9. "We Could Have Been" (Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis) - 3:29
10. "Rita Ballou" (Clark) - 3:12

Production

• Produced By Tony Brown
• Engineered & Mixed By David Boyce, Mark J. Coddington, John Guess, Julian King, Tim Kish, Steve Marcantonio & Marty Williams

Personnel

• Kathie Baillie – background vocals on "Sight for Sore Eyes" and "We Could Have Been"
• Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
• Barry Beckett – piano on "When I Call Your Name", organ on "Sight for Sore Eyes"
• Anthony Crawford – background vocals on "We Won't Dance"
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Vince Gill – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, lead vocals, background vocals
• Emmylou Harris – background vocals on "Rita Ballou"
• Patty Loveless – background vocals on "When I Call Your Name"
• Reba McEntire – duet vocals on "Oklahoma Swing"
• Herb Pedersen – background vocals on "Ridin' the Rodeo"
• Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Harry Stinson – background vocals on "Oh Girl", "Never Knew Lonely" and "Rita Ballou"
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Billy Thomas – background vocals on "Oh Girl" and "Never Knew Lonely"
• Pete Wasner – keyboards
• Willie Weeks – bass guitar

Chart performance

Vince Gill
Studio albums	The Things That Matter The Way Back Home When I Call Your Name Pocket Full of Gold I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You High Lonesome Sound The Key Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Next Big Thing These Days Guitar Slinger Bakersfield Down to My Last Bad Habit
Compilation albums	The Essential Vince Gill Souvenirs Icon
Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection 'Tis the Season
Extended plays	Turn Me Loose
Notable singles	"True Love" "If It Weren't for Him" (with Rosanne Cash) "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "The Radio" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" (with Reba McEntire) "When I Call Your Name" "Never Knew Lonely" "Pocket Full of Gold" "Liza Jane" "Look at Us" "Take Your Memory with You" "I Still Believe in You" "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" "No Future in the Past" "One More Last Chance" "Tryin' to Get Over You" "Whenever You Come Around" "What the Cowgirls Do" "When Love Finds You" "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" "You Better Think Twice" "Go Rest High on That Mountain" "High Lonesome Sound" "Worlds Apart" "Pretty Little Adriana" "A Little More Love" "You and You Alone" "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" "Kindly Keep It Country" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" (with Patty Loveless) "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Shoot Straight from Your Heart" "Next Big Thing" "Someday"
Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" (with Reba McEntire) "House of Love" (with Amy Grant) "I Will Always Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "It's Not Over" (with Mark Chesnutt and Alison Krauss "No Place That Far" (with Sara Evans) "Building Bridges" (with Brooks & Dunn and Sheryl Crow) "Don't Rush" (with Kelly Clarkson) "I Just Can't Help Believing" (with B. J. Thomas) "Sober Saturday Night" (with Chris Young)
Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"
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