"The Box" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Randy Travis

Randy Travis

Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...

. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and final single from his 1994 album, This Is Me

This Is Me (Randy Travis album)

This Is Me is an album by country music star Randy Travis, and was released on April 26, 1994 by Warner Bros.. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten...

. The song reached #7 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

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 chart in April 1995. Before its release, it was the b-side to the album's first single, "Before You Kill Us All

Before You Kill Us All

"Before You Kill Us All" is the title of a song written by Max T. Barnes and Keith Follesé, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis...

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Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that fiddles and picked acoustic guitars "dominate this track" and that Travis' voice is "unmistakable." She goes on to call the song "simply told and beautifully sung."

Chart performance

"The Box" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 11, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2