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 Want To Hear It From You
Reba McEntire Lyrics

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If all our love is through
If you found someone new
Then I want to hear it from you

If there is no mistake
And if my heart must break
I want to hear it from you

Just the thought of losing you
Is more than I can stand
But this hurt would be much worse
If I heard it secondhand
If there's no hope at all
If my world must fall
I want to hear it from you

So tell me now
If things are not the way they used to be
I want to hear it from your lips
You owe that much to me

If all our love is through

If you found someone new
Then I want to hear it from you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Reba McEntire's song, "I Want To Hear It From You," express the desire to know the truth about a failing relationship. The singer wants to hear directly from her partner if their love is over, or if they have found someone new. She recognizes that the pain of losing someone she loves will be difficult, but it would be much worse if she heard the news secondhand. The singer recognizes that getting the truth from her partner is the only way to move forward in a healthy way.

The lyrics also express the importance of closure in relationships. The singer wants to know the truth so she can have closure and move on with her life. She recognizes that hearing the truth directly from her partner is the only way to fully understand what happened and why their love could not be saved. The song shows that honesty and communication are essential in any relationship, and that it's important to be truthful with your partner, even if it's not what they want to hear.

Overall, the lyrics of "I Want To Hear It From You" are a plea for honesty and closure in a relationship. The singer recognizes the difficulty of ending a relationship, but she knows that the truth is necessary for moving on and finding happiness.

Line by Line Meaning

If all our love is through
If our love has come to an end

If you found someone new
If you have found someone else to love

Then I want to hear it from you
I want you to be the one to tell me these hard truths, instead of hearing it from someone else

If there is no mistake
If what I suspect is true and there is no misunderstanding

And if my heart must break
And if this news is going to break my heart

I want to hear it from you
I still want you to be honest with me

Just the thought of losing you
The mere thought of losing you

Is more than I can stand
Is unbearable for me

But this hurt would be much worse
But the pain of this would be much worse

If I heard it secondhand
If I heard it from someone else

If there's no hope at all
If there is truly no hope left