Chart Rewind: Kenny Chesney

Most people fall in love more than once during their lifetime, but one thing holds true for everyone: Falling for the first time can only happen once.

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That’s the gist of Kenny Chesney ’s “Don’t Happen Twice,” which took him to No. 1 for the fourth time on Billboard ’s Hot Country Songs chart dated June 9, 2001. Young romance was definitely a thing for Chesney in that part of his career — 1995’s “Fall in Love” became his first top 10 single and his early successes also included “Me and You” (No. 2, 1996); his first No. 1, “She’s Got It All” (1997); and six-week chart-topper “How Forever Feels” (1999).

Songwriters Thom McHugh and Curtis Lance drew the opening line of the “Don’t Happen Twice” chorus — “We sang ‘Bobby McGee’ on the hood of my car” — from Lance’s own romantic memories. They paid homage in the process to Kris Kristofferson, whose “Me and Bobby McGee” rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 as covered by Janis Joplin.

“Don’t Happen Twice” followed “I Lost It,” which peaked at No. 3 on Hot Country Songs, as the two new singles pulled from Chesney’s Greatest Hits , which emerged as the first of his 17 sets to lead Top Country Albums, in October 2000. Chesney has amassed 23 total No. 1s on Hot Country Songs and sent a record 33 titles to the summit on the Country Airplay chart.

Chesney joined the Country Music Hall of Fame last October — that’s another thing that just don’t happen twice.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kenny-chesney-dont-happen-twice-chart-rewind-2001-1236264375/)._