One Promise Too Late

"One Promise Too Late"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album What Am I Gonna Do About You
B-side	"Why Not Tonight"
Released	May 1987
Genre	Country
Length	3:13
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Dave Loggins Lisa Silver Don Schlitz
Producer(s)	Jimmy Bowen Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"Let the Music Lift You Up" (1987) "One Promise Too Late" (1987) "The Last One to Know" (1987)

"One Promise Too Late" is a song written by Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz and Lisa Silver, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in May 1987 as the third single from the album What Am I Gonna Do About You. "One Promise Too Late" was Reba McEntire's eighth number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.

Background and content

The song tells the story of a woman who meets a man and falls in love, but is already married and refuses to break her promise to the husband who has never been less than good to her, saying that the man came along "one promise too late."

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Snap Your Fingers" by Ronnie Milsap	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single August 8, 1987	Succeeded by "A Long Line of Love" by Michael Martin Murphey
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 15, 1987