I Cross My Heart
"I Cross My Heart" is a song written by Steve Dorff and Eric Kaz, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1992 as the first single to his album Pure Country, which is also the soundtrack to the movie of the same title. It reached number-one in both the United States and Canada. The song is featured as the movie's finale.
This article is about the George Strait song. For the All-4-One song, see On and On (All-4-One album)."I Cross My Heart"
"You're Right, I'm Wrong"
September 28, 1992
April 16, 1992
3:30
MCA Nashville 54478
Tony Brown
George Strait[1]
Music video[edit]
The music video was directed by Charley Randazzo, and consists entirely of scenes from the film, Strait's next music video "Heartland" also exclusively used scenes from Pure Country. These two videos were released consecutively as were the singles.
Critical reception[edit]
"I Cross My Heart" is widely regarded as one of Strait's best songs. Billboard and American Songwriter ranked the song number five and number four, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest George Strait songs.[2][3]