I Was Blown Away

"I Was Blown Away" is a song written by Layng Martine, Jr., and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in March 1995 as the fourth single from the album Sweetheart's Dance. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

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The narrator states that she was "blown away" by the actions of her male lover.

Tillis withdrew the song after receiving letters from families of victims of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.^[2]

An uncredited review in Billboard said that "She sings her heart out, but not even she can hold up this cliché-ridden song."^[3]

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	20
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	16

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 348.
↑ "Arts beat". The Dallas Morning News. 27 April 1995. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
↑ "Reviews". Billboard: 67. 4 March 1995.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9017." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 8, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
↑ "Pam Tillis – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Pam Tillis.

Pam Tillis

Studio albums	Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey Put Yourself in My Place Homeward Looking Angel Sweetheart's Dance All of This Love Every Time Thunder & Roses It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis RhineStoned Just in Time for Christmas Dos Divas

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits

Notable singles	"Those Memories of You" "Don't Tell Me What to Do" "One of Those Things" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Maybe It Was Memphis" "Blue Rose Is" "Shake the Sugar Tree" "Let That Pony Run" "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" "Spilled Perfume" "When You Walk in the Room" "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" "I Was Blown Away" "In Between Dances" "Deep Down" "The River and the Highway" "It's Lonely Out There" "All the Good Ones Are Gone" "Land of the Living" "I Said a Prayer" "Every Time" "Please"

Related articles	Discography Arista Nashville Mel Tillis "Ancient History" "Five Minutes" "Someone Else's Trouble Now"

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