Once in a while an artist finds a song and everything changes for the entirety of their career. That is this song, with this now Mega Star woman. Faith Hill was rolling along with a nice string of solid country songs and enjoying success. Then in 1998 this song and album (Faith) came out and she smashed the gas and took off like never before. This is one of those songs I can't hear anyone else but Faith singing. It matched her perfectly personally and professionally at that moment and is still 100% believable. She and this song seemed to be on a collision course long before this. It's one of those cosmic things that is just meant to be. After this went #1, Faith Hill was forever changed as an artist. She wasn't quite as country as before, but was catapulted into a whole new arena of pop and adult contemporary charts in addition to the country charts. This song is VERY SPECIAL to many fans still, as this was their introduction to country music. I respect when a single song can do that. The 90's had a few songs that did that, and this was one of them. After this her image was new, her sound was new and her popularity found a higher gear. She brought us a lot of new fans with this song, and in very short order became a Mega Star!
