"We Were in Love" is the title of a song written by Chuck Cannon

Chuck Cannon

Charles Marion "Chuck" Cannon, Jr. is an American country music songwriter. His compositions include hit singles for Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery. Cannon has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year...

 and Allen Shamblin

Allen Shamblin

Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...

, 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 Toby Keith

Toby Keith

Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...

. It was released in June 1997 as the lead-off single from his 1997 album Dream Walkin'

Dream Walkin'

Dream Walkin' is a 1997 studio album from American country music artist Toby Keith. His last studio album for Mercury Records , it was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies...

. It peaked at #2 in both the United States and Canada.

Content

The narrator wishes that he could build a time machine, and go back to when he and his lover were 17, and when they were in love.

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon, who would direct many of Toby Keith's later videos after this one.

Chart positions

"We Were in Love" debuted at #61 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

chart for the week of June 14, 1997.

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	116
Canada RPM Country Tracks	2