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"If I Could Bottle This Up" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Dean Dillon. It was recorded as a duet by country singers George Jones and Shelby Lynne and released as a single in September 1988, peaking at #43.[1] It was Lynne's first single release and she would follow it with her debut LP Sunrise, which Billy Sherrill would also produce. The song would later surface on the Jones duet compilation Friends in High Places in 1991.

"If I Could Bottle This Up"
Single by George Jones with Shelby Lynne
from the album Friends in High Places
B-side	"I Always Get It Right with You"
Released	September 3, 1988
Recorded	March 3, 1988
Genre	Country
Length	3:13
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
George Jones singles chronology
"The Old Man No One Loves" (1988) "If I Could Bottle This Up" (1988) "I'm a One Woman Man" (1988)
Shelby Lynne singles chronology
"If I Could Bottle This Up" (1988) "Under Your Spell Again" (1989)

George Jones version

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	43

Paul Overstreet version

"If I Could Bottle This Up"
Single by Paul Overstreet
from the album Heroes
B-side	"The Mountains Disappear"
Released	November 23, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	3:49
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Paul Overstreet, Dean Dillon
Producer(s)	Brown Bannister, Paul Overstreet
Paul Overstreet singles chronology
"Ball and Chain" (1991) "If I Could Bottle This Up" (1991) "Billy Can't Read" (1992)

Overstreet released his own version of the song in November 1991 as the fourth single from his album Heroes. The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1991-1992)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	30
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	33

References

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