| It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings | |
| Cover: | Mark Chesnutt It Wouldnt Hurt single.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mark Chesnutt |
| Album: | Wings |
| B-Side: | "I May Be a Fool"[1] |
| Released: | December 18, 1995 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:13 |
| Label: | Decca |
| Producer: | Tony Brown |
| Prev Title: | Trouble |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Wrong Place, Wrong Time |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
"It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" is a song written by Jerry Foster, Roger Lavoie and Johnny Morris, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in December 1995 as the second single from the album Wings. The song reached number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, stating that Chesnutt "makes the trials of heartbreak sound survivable in this fiddle-laced tune that eloquently expresses, 'They say time can fly like a magical thing, but it sure wouldn't hurt to have wings.'[2]
"It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 30, 1995.
| Chart (1996) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 82 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 42 |