In the song, a little boy is outside playing baseball by himself, saying, "I'm the greatest player," and tosses the ball up in the air to hit the ball and swings and misses. The boy repeats this two more times. As his mother calls him inside for supper, the undeterred boy, in a twist ending, reveals his position—pitcher—and thus by earning a strikeout, he is still the greatest.
greatest, kenny, rogers, song, greatest, song, written, schlitz, recorded, american, country, music, artist, kenny, rogers, released, april, 1999, first, single, from, album, rides, wild, horses, song, reached, billboard, country, singles, tracks, chart, great. The Greatest is a song written by Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers It was released in April 1999 as the first single from the album She Rides Wild Horses The song reached No 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles amp Tracks chart 1 The Greatest Single by Kenny Rogersfrom the album She Rides Wild HorsesReleasedApril 17 1999GenreCountryLength3 09LabelDreamcatcherSongwriter s Don SchlitzProducer s Brent Maher Jim McKellKenny Rogers singles chronology I ll Be There for You 1992 The Greatest 1999 Slow Dance More 1999 Contents 1 Content 2 In popular culture 3 Chart performance 3 1 Year end charts 4 ReferencesContent EditIn the song a little boy is outside playing baseball by himself saying I m the greatest player and tosses the ball up in the air to hit the ball and swings and misses The boy repeats this two more times As his mother calls him inside for supper the undeterred boy in a twist ending reveals his position pitcher and thus by earning a strikeout he is still the greatest In popular culture EditThe story in the song is played out in a TV commercial by The Foundation for a Better Life promoting the value of Optimism Chart performance EditChart 1999 PeakpositionCanada Country Tracks RPM 2 10US Hot Country Songs Billboard 3 26Year end charts Edit Chart 1999 PositionCanada Country Tracks RPM 4 97References Edit Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006 Second edition Record Research p 299 Top RPM Country Tracks Issue 8397 RPM Library and Archives Canada July 19 1999 Retrieved July 7 2013 Kenny Rogers Chart History Hot Country Songs Billboard RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999 RPM December 13 1999 Retrieved July 7 2013 This 1999 country song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Greatest Kenny Rogers song amp oldid 1095042048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
