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Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Shania Twain’s 1997 blockbuster, one the showed the world the power of a true pop-country crossover.
On May 2, 1998, Shania Twain s You re Still the One hit No. 1 on the country singles chart.
A tender ballad sprinkled with organ, piano and guitar and, on the bridge, quivering pedal steel and harmonies You re Still the One is a loving ode to a significant other. Despite obstacles (and naysayers who thought the couple might not make it), the protagonist is proud to say, Looks like we made it / Look how far we ve come my baby / We might have took the long way / We knew we d get there someday.
Adding to the authentic tone of You re Still the One, Twain co-wrote the song with her then-husband, Robert John Mutt Lange. As she recalls in her autobiography,
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