I'm Gonna Take That Mountain

"I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"
"I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"
Single by Reba
from the album Room to Breathe
Released	August 25, 2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Country
Length	3:25
Label	MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Salley, Melissa Peirce
Producer(s)	Buddy Cannon, Reba McEntire, Norro Wilson
Reba singles chronology

"I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" is a song by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The song was released on August 25, 2003 by MCA Nashville as the lead single from her 25th studio album Room to Breathe (2003). The song was written by Jerry Salley and Melissa Peirce and produced by McEntire, Buddy Cannon, and Norro Wilson. The song is about being confident and overcoming any challenges.

The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.^[1] The song's co-writer, Jerry Salley, won the SESAC Songwriter Award in 2003.

Music video

The video for this song was directed by Nancy Bardawil, and was filmed in a rural area of Gatlinburg, TN.^{[citation needed]} The video features McEntire performing the song against a mountain backdrop, and rodeo performers showing off rope and horse tricks. She is also seen singing and dancing on a wood dance floor with a cactus prop, accompanied by four dancers.

The video debuted on Country Music Television on October 25, 2003.^[2] The music video was the third-most played video on CMT for three consecutive weeks.

Chart performance

"I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (then known as "Hot Country Singles & Tracks") the week of August 30, 2003, at number 55. The song rose to its peak position of number 14 on November 1, 2003.

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[3]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	14

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	August 25, 2003	Country radio	MCA Nashville	^[5]

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 227.
^ Billboard, October 25, 2003. p. 86
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 22, 2003. p. 28.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 227.

[2] Billboard, October 25, 2003. p. 86

[sc_Billboardbubbling100_Reba_McEntire-3] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Reba_McEntire-4] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[5] "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 22, 2003. p. 28.

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Albums Singles Videos
1970s	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams"
1980s	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" "Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)" "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This" "Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" "How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave" "Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind" "Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock" "What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late" "The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game" "Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"
1990s	"Walk On" "You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love" "For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" "Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call" "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You" "Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still" "On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "One Honest Heart" "What Do You Say"
2000s	"I'll Be" "We're So Good Together" "I'm a Survivor" "Sweet Music Man" "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" "Somebody" "He Gets That from Me" "My Sister" "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" "Love Needs a Holiday" "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson) "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing) "Strange" "Consider Me Gone"
2010s	"I Keep On Loving You" "Turn On the Radio" "If I Were a Boy" "When Love Gets a Hold of You" "Somebody's Chelsea" "Going Out Like That" "Until They Don't Love You" "Just Like Them Horses" "Softly and Tenderly" "Back to God" "God and My Girlfriends" "Freedom"
2020s	"Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "I Can't"
Other singles	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.) "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Country" (with Various artists) "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett) "What If"