Although it's sometimes been interpreted as a song about a father's love for his daughter (which is reflected in the music video), Brooks confirmed in his 2017 book, The Anthology Part 1: The First Five Years, that "If Tomorrow Never Comes" is about a husband's love for his wife. He explained: "It's about this guy who wants to make sure his wife knows that if something happens to him, that he did love her. She didn't have to wonder."
Brooks wrote this song with Kent Blazy, a Nashville writer who had some success with songs for Gary Morris. In 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, Brooks said: "I thought we had something when we completed the song but I didn't really know it would be a hit until I heard it by chance on the radio in my truck and I knew we had something. There was something in it that moved me and I could feel the tears come to my eyes."
This was the first of 19 #1 Country hits for Garth Brooks. The album, his debut, went on to sell over 10 million copies in America.
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