"Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands": Obviously this song is a very clever play on words and that sort of well done lyric always appeals to me. Lee Greenwood recorded this song a few years back and I've always been a big fan of it. That's why I wanted to put it on my album entitled Starting Over. It is a CD of my favorite songs that I wished I had recorded first.
"The Fear Of Being Alone": This is a great up-tempo number that tells about two people trying to decide whether or not to dive into a relationship. They don't want to get hurt again but they also don't want to be left alone. So they go ahead and take the gamble because of the "Fear of Being Alone."
"How Was I To Know": You know, I think it's pretty clear by now I like the songs about love gone bad and the woman coming out on the other side being even stronger - discovering she has what she needs to get her through any situation.
"If You See Him, If You See Her": I love finding a song that I can sing as a duet with my friends and this one was perfect for me to sing with Brooks & Dunn. We were touring together and we thought it would be great to have a song for our encore performance. It's a beautiful ballad. Thanks, Ronnie and Kix!
"Forever Love": Another beautiful ballad and love song that expresses how powerful the emotion of love is and how it can live forever.
"What Do You Say": Three stories woven into one and one of the most powerful music videos I have ever done. We were able to take the emotion in this song and translate it into a beautiful and sad story for the music video. But even without the video, the feelings this song taps into are very strong.
"I'm A Survivor": This is another one of those songs I think everyone can relate to. Whether they're a cancer survivor or surviving a bad marriage - they'll do whatever it takes to get through it and come out on the other end even stronger. It was also a perfect theme song for our TV show called REBA. Reba Hart, my character on the TV show is a lot like Reba McEntire, we're both survivors.
"Somebody": I recorded this song after taking a little break from the music business. I had done "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway and started the TV show that fall, so I came back into the recoding process with a clear mind, free of the pressures and politics that I had been feeling prior to the break. I came back to sing for the love of music and what a great time I had! "Somebody" was a result of that freedom and it went to #1..22 years after "Can't Even Get The Blues" had hit the same number.