"Wrapped Up in You" is the title of a song written by Wayne Kirkpatrick

Wayne Kirkpatrick

Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....

 and recorded by American

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 Country Music

Country music

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 artist Garth Brooks

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. It was released in October 2001 as the lead single from his eighth studio album Scarecrow

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. It reached #5 on the Billboard Country Charts in 2002 and #46 on the Billboard hot 100

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, making it his highest charting song that is performed under his real name.

Content

"Wrapped Up In You" is a love song. A man expresses his love for a special someone using various analogies and describing how she supports him in hard times and how his life would be if she weren't around. The song doesn't feature any drums, but does have traces of percussion (such as maracas

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). It is in the key G Major.

Music video

The introduction to the music video begins with a quartet of old men at a barbershop executing unique and moderately complex percussions (using household objects such as a broom, board game piece, newspaper etc.) while Garth and back-up band arrive for a bite to eat. Garth and co. can't get in the restaurant but notice the old men's performance. They pick-up some instruments lying about and join them to perform "Wrapped Up In You." A small group of women appear near the end of the song and observe the men's performance. This video was directed by Jon Small, and was shot in Watertown, Tennessee

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Chart positions

"Wrapped Up in You" debuted at #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of October 27, 2001.

Chart (2001–2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	46

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

• Sam Bacco — drums, percussion
• Garth Brooks — vocals
• Wayne Kirkpatrick
  Wayne Kirkpatrick
  Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....
  
  , Gordon Kennedy
  Gordon Kennedy (musician)
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   — acoustic guitars
• Jimmy Mattingly — fiddle
• Terry McMillan — harmonica
• Jimmie Lee Sloas — bass guitar

External links

• "Wrapped Up In You" Lyrics