The Keeper of the Stars - wikipedia The Keeper of the Stars `` The Keeper of the Stars '' Single by Tracy Byrd from the album No Ordinary Man B - side `` Pink Flamingos '' Released February 2, 1995 Format CD single Genre Country Length 4 : 06 Label MCA Songwriter ( s ) Dickey Lee Danny Mayo Karen Staley Producer ( s ) Jerry Crutchfield Tracy Byrd singles chronology `` The First Step '' ( 1994 ) `` The Keeper of the Stars '' ( 1995 ) `` Walking to Jerusalem '' ( 1995 ) `` The First Step '' ( 1994 ) `` The Keeper of the Stars '' ( 1995 ) `` Walking to Jerusalem '' ( 1995 ) `` The Keeper of the Stars '' is a song written by Dickey Lee, Danny Mayo and Karen Staley, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and last single from his album No Ordinary Man, it went on to reach a peak of # 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts, behind `` I Can Love You Like That '' by John Michael Montgomery. A year after its release, it was named Song of the Year by the Country Music Association. Contents 1 Content 2 Re-recordings 3 Chart performance 3.1 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Content The song is a ballad in which the singer addresses his lover, telling her that a third party must have been responsible for bringing them together. Specifically, that third party is defined as being `` the keeper of the stars '' ( i.e., God ). Re-recordings A different recording of the song, one semitone lower than the album version, was released as the radio edit. This re-recording was made because Byrd felt that he sang it better in a lower key, and he sang it in the lower key while performing in concert. The radio edit was also used in the song 's music video, which aired on Country Music Television and The Nashville Network ( now Spike TV ). Byrd re-recorded the song again in 2001 for his album Ten Rounds, and this re-recording was reprised on his 2005 Greatest Hits package. Chart performance Initially, Byrd 's label ( MCA Records ) had not planned for `` The Keeper of the Stars '' to be a single, until his publicist realized that the song had been receiving positive feedback for it in concert. The fourth single from Byrd 's No Ordinary Man album, `` The Keeper of the Stars '' spent twenty weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts, reaching a peak position of number two. Chart ( 1995 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 5 US Billboard Hot 100 68 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 98 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 53 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ AOL Music profile for `` Keeper of the Stars '' Jump up ^ `` ACMs - Previous Winners - Song of the Year ''. About.com. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 05. ^ Jump up to : Brian Mansfield ( April 1995 ). `` City Lights : Byrd 's Latest ' Keeper ' ''. New Country. 2 ( 5 ) : 16. ISSN 1074 - 536X. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 8999. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 15, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Tracy Byrd Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Tracy Byrd Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995 ''. RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1995 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013. External links Song lyrics at Yahoo ! Music Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Tracy Byrd Studio albums Tracy Byrd No Ordinary Man Love Lessons Big Love I 'm from the Country It 's About Time Ten Rounds The Truth About Men Different Things All American Texan Compilation albums Keepers : Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Notable singles `` Holdin ' Heaven '' `` Why Do n't That Telephone Ring '' `` Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous '' `` Watermelon Crawl '' `` The First Step '' `` The Keeper of the Stars '' `` Walking to Jerusalem '' `` Love Lessons '' `` Heaven in My Woman 's Eyes '' `` 4 to 1 in Atlanta '' `` Big Love '' `` Do n't Take Her She 's All I Got '' `` Do n't Love Make a Diamond Shine '' `` I 'm from the Country '' `` I Wanna Feel That Way Again '' `` When Mama Ai n't Happy '' `` Put Your Hand in Mine '' `` Love, You Ai n't Seen the Last of Me '' `` A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side '' ( with Mark Chesnutt ) `` Just Let Me Be in Love '' `` Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo '' `` The Truth About Men '' `` Drinkin ' Bone '' `` Revenge of a Middle - Aged Woman '' Related articles Discography `` Johnny Cash '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Keeper_of_the_Stars&oldid=814672671 '' Categories : 1995 singles 1994 songs Tracy Byrd songs Songs written by Dickey Lee Songs written by Danny Mayo MCA Records singles Songs written by Karen Staley Song recordings produced by Jerry Crutchfield Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 10 December 2017, at 05 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sang the song keeper of the stars
Answer: Tracy Byrd