Heartland ( George Strait song ) - Wikipedia Heartland ( George Strait song ) `` Heartland '' Single by George Strait from the album Pure Country ( soundtrack ) B - side `` Baby Your Baby '' Released January 4, 1993 Format CD Single, 7 '' single Recorded April 28 - 29, 1992, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee Genre Country, Rock Length 2 : 16 Label MCA 54563 Songwriter ( s ) Steve Dorff, John Bettis Producer ( s ) Tony Brown George Strait singles chronology `` I Cross My Heart '' ( 1992 ) `` Heartland '' ( 1993 ) `` When Did You Stop Loving Me '' ( 1993 ) `` I Cross My Heart '' ( 1992 ) `` Heartland '' ( 1993 ) `` When Did You Stop Loving Me '' ( 1993 ) `` Heartland '' is a song written by Steve Dorff and John Bettis, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from his soundtrack album Pure Country. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) chart. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Personnel 4 Chart performance 4.1 Charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Content The song is an uptempo country - rocker, in which the narrator sings about the heartland of America -- `` The only place I feel at home '' and `` Where they still know wrong from right. '' Music video A music video was filmed for the single, which combines a live performance of the song and short clips from the movie. Personnel Per the liner notes of Strait 's 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box. All parts were recorded on April 28, 1992, except for the electric guitar, which was recorded one day later. Eddie Bayers - drums Stuart Duncan - fiddle Buddy Emmons - steel guitar David Hungate - bass guitar John Barlow Jarvis - piano Brent Mason - electric guitar Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar Harry Stinson - background vocals George Strait - lead vocals Curtis Young - background vocals Chart performance The song debuted at number 73 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated January 2, 1993. It spent 20 weeks on that chart, and reached Number One on the chart dated March 20, 1993. Charts Chart ( 1993 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1993 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 48 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 51 References ^ Jump up to : Strait Out of the Box ( Box set booklet ). George Strait. MCA Nashville. 1995. MCAD4 - 11263. Jump up ^ Billboard, March 20, 1993 Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 7098. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 3, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993 ''. RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1993 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics George Strait 1990s singles Livin ' It Up `` Love Without End, Amen '' `` Drinking Champagne '' `` I 've Come to Expect It from You '' Chill of an Early Fall `` If I Know Me '' `` You Know Me Better Than That '' `` The Chill of an Early Fall '' `` Lovesick Blues '' Holding My Own `` Gone as a Girl Can Get '' `` So Much Like My Dad '' Pure Country `` I Cross My Heart '' `` Heartland '' `` When Did You Stop Loving Me '' Easy Come, Easy Go `` Easy Come, Easy Go '' `` I 'd Like to Have That One Back '' `` Lovebug '' `` The Man in Love with You '' Lead On `` The Big One '' `` You Ca n't Make a Heart Love Somebody '' `` Adalida '' `` Lead On '' Strait Out of the Box `` Check Yes or No '' `` I Know She Still Loves Me '' Blue Clear Sky `` Blue Clear Sky '' `` Carried Away '' `` I Can Still Make Cheyenne '' `` King of the Mountain '' Carrying Your Love with Me `` One Night at a Time '' `` Carrying Your Love with Me '' `` Today My World Slipped Away '' `` Round About Way '' One Step at a Time `` I Just Want to Dance with You '' `` True '' `` We Really Should n't Be Doing This '' Always Never the Same `` Meanwhile '' `` Write This Down '' `` What Do You Say to That '' This 1990s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who sings sing a song about the heartland
Answer: American country music artist George Strait