Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Gra… Read Full Bio ↴Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop-tinged ballads that include 24 #1 hits. She has issued 28 studio albums and 13 compilations, with more than 50 million records sold as of 2007.

With a contract to Mercury Records (1975), McEntire began her professional career singing heavily pop-influenced ballads, a far cry from the neotraditionalist movement she would help lead a few years later.

"I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand" became her first charting single in 1976. Her first Top 10 hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" followed four years later, and in 1982 she scored her first #1 hit with "Can't Even Get The Blues."

Frustrated at her limited commercial success, McEntire left Mercury and signed with MCA Records in 1984. 1984's "Just A Little Love" wasn't much different form her Mercury material and was only moderately successful. However, another album followed later that same year, titled "My Kind of Country." This was a return-to-roots record, complete with fiddles and steel. It was comprised largely of covers of classic country songs, as well as original songs such as "How Blue" and the Harlan Howard-penned "Somebody Should Leave", both of which reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

In the early 1990s McEntire expanded her audience by adopting a softer, more pop-oriented sound. She became one of the best-selling country artists of all time, releasing three volumes of greatest hits collections.

Since that first #1 hit in 1982, she's forked out 21 more chartbusters, which are all recapped on "Reba #1s" released on November 22nd, 2005. The 2-disc compilation features all 22 number one singles (according to Billboard magazine) in chronological order, including two new tracks "You're Gonna Be" and "Love Needs A Holiday." "Reba #1s" also contains 11 singles that reached the #1 spot in publications other than Billboard.

She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times in a row (a record she holds with Martina McBride), and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. For her contribution to the recording industry, Reba McEntire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 1995, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She is one of only six solo women (others include Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, "Entertainer Of The Year". McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 2000s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie series, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. She also starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, receiving critical acclaim.

From 2001 to 2007, Reba starred in the hit WB television show, Reba (with Texan actor Christopher Rich as her philandering ex-husband), even getting a visit from fellow country star Dolly Parton who played Reba's character's supervisor at a real estate firm.

I'll Believe It When I Feel It
Reba McEntire Lyrics

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Now when you left everybody told me
That I'd find another to take the place of you
And they all said someone else would hold me
And I'd have a lover to love like I loved you

[Chorus]
I'll believe it when I feel it
When somebody makes me feel the way you did

They say he's out there
They tell me someday I'll forget
I'll believe it when I feel it
But I haven't felt it yet

I've heard in time
Time is going to heal me
It's been forever
And I still need you now
Maybe I will someday find that feeling
We had together
Oh but I've got my doubts

[Chorus]

I'll believe it when I felt
But I haven't felt it yet

Overall Meaning

In this song, Reba McEntire expresses her skepticism about being able to love someone else as deeply as she loved her ex-partner. She reflects on the advice given to her by friends and family, assuring her that she will find someone new who will take the place of her ex-partner and that she will love them just as much. However, Reba is not convinced by their words and says that she will only believe it when she feels it herself. She is still holding onto the hope that she will be able to rediscover the love that she once shared with her ex-partner, but as time passes, she becomes increasingly doubtful that this will ever happen.

The lyrics convey the experience of heartbreak and the difficulty of moving on from a past relationship. The song reveals the doubt and uncertainty that come with trying to start a new relationship after a heartbreak. It is a deeply emotional song that reflects on the complexity of love and the challenges of finding it.

Overall, Reba McEntire's "I'll Believe It When I Feel It" is a moving and emotional song that explores the theme of heartbreak and the challenges of finding love again after a relationship ends.

Line by Line Meaning

Now when you left everybody told me
People gave me advice after you left

That I'd find another to take the place of you
People said I would find a replacement for you

And they all said someone else would hold me
People said someone else would comfort me instead of you

And I'd have a lover to love like I loved you
People said I would find love again

I'll believe it when I feel it
I need to experience it to believe it

When somebody makes me feel the way you did
I need someone else to make me feel the way you did

They say he's out there
People say there's someone else out there for me

They tell me someday I'll forget
People say I will eventually forget about you and move on

But I haven't felt it yet
I haven't found that feeling yet

I've heard in time
People have told me

Time is going to heal me
Time will eventually help me feel better