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.
There Ain't No Future In This
Reba McEntire Lyrics
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When you loved me tonight
But the memory slipped from your lips
So if she's on your mind
That much of the time
There ain't no future in this
There was somebody who
And I guess you're not over it yet
If I'm just
Standing in for a memory then
There ain't no future in this
Cause mine are the arms that hold you
Hers are the arms you miss
So if she's still the one
When it's all said and done
There ain't no future in this
So if she's still the one
When it's all said and done
There ain't no future in this
The lyrics of Reba McEntire's song There Ain't No Future In This explore the feelings of a woman who is in a relationship with a man who still has unresolved feelings for his former lover. The woman acknowledges that the man has made an effort to love her, but she can feel that he is still thinking about someone else. She believes that if the man cannot forget his previous relationship, there is no future for them as a couple. In the chorus, the woman makes it clear that if the man's heart belongs to someone else, it is pointless for them to continue their relationship.
One can feel the hurt and disappointment in the lyrics when the woman says "Honey, I know you tried when you loved me tonight, but the memory slipped from your lips." She knows that the man's heart is not with her, and his lingering thoughts of the past are holding them back from a successful future. The song is a reflection of the reality that one cannot force love, and if a relationship cannot be built on a strong foundation of trust and genuine affection, it will never last.
In conclusion, Reba McEntire's song There Ain't No Future In This mourns a relationship that cannot be sustained due to the man's inability to fully let go of his past. It is a reminder that true love requires whole-hearted commitment and the ability to move on from the past.
Line by Line Meaning
Honey I know you tried
I acknowledge your effort
When you loved me tonight
When you showed me affection earlier
But the memory slipped from your lips
But you accidentally mentioned someone else
So if she's on your mind
If you're still thinking about her
That much of the time
Most of the time
There ain't no future in this
Then our relationship has no future
There was somebody who
There was a person who
Took a whole lot of you
Took a lot from you emotionally
And I guess you're not over it yet
And I assume you haven't moved on from them
If I'm just
If I am only
Standing in for a memory then
A placeholder for a memory of someone else
There ain't no future in this
Then our relationship has no future
Cause mine are the arms that hold you
Because I am the one holding you
Hers are the arms you miss
But you miss her arms
So if she's still the one
So if she is still the person you want
When it's all said and done
When everything is over and done with
There ain't no future in this
Then our relationship has no future
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARY SHARON RICE, WILBUR S. RICE
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