{"id":158504,"date":"2025-09-21T09:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T09:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/158504\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T09:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T09:23:07","slug":"on-this-day-in-1989-willie-nelson-landed-his-14th-no-1-with-this-contemplative-number-written-by-beth-nielsen-chapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/158504\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in 1989, Willie Nelson Landed His 14th No. 1 With This Contemplative Number Written by Beth Nielsen Chapman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even in the most starkly divided crowds, you can likely find several people who love Willie Nelson. The very definition<\/a> of outlaw country, Nelson sold several massive hits to other artists before gaining a foothold in Nashville. With a career spanning more than six decades, the \u201cOn the Road Again\u201d crooner is still going strong at 92. On this day in 1989, Nelson scored his 14th #1 hit with \u201cNothing I Can Do About It Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skyrocketing to global fame in the \u201970s, Willie Nelson\u2019s success had begun to cool off a bit by the end of the next decade. Still, \u201cNothing I Can Do About It Now\u201d ranks among the Red-Headed Stranger\u2019s finest work.<\/p>\n

Although Nelson is a world-class songwriter, he didn\u2019t have a hand in penning this one. Fellow Texan Beth Nielsen Chapman was solely responsible for \u201cNothing I Can Do About It Now.\u201d The two-time Grammy winner would later go on to write Faith Hill\u2019s signature 1998 hit \u201cThis Kiss.\u201d That one went on to win Song of the Year at the 1999 CMA Awards\u2014which Chapman deserved for incorporating the phrase \u201ccentrifugal motion\u201d alone.<\/p>\n

The opening track on Nelson\u2019s album A Horse Called Music, \u201cNothing I Can Do About It Now\u201d opens on a man haunted by his past. By the final verse, that man has come to embrace the inevitable march of time. And I could cry for the time I\u2019ve wasted \/ But that\u2019s a waste of time and tears, Nelson sings. And I know just what I\u2019d change \/ If I went back in time somehow \/ But there\u2019s nothing I can do about it now.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: The Regretful Meaning Behind Willie Nelson\u2019s 1989 No. 1 \u201cNothing I Can Do About It Now\u201d]<\/a><\/p>\n

Willie Nelson Shares His Regrets<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing I Can Do About It Now\u201d takes on a new meaning as Willie Nelson grows older. How does the 12-time Grammy Award winner cope with nearly a century\u2019s worth of regrets?<\/p>\n

Answer: he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have this kind of philosophy that I can\u2019t do anything about what happened yesterday or what\u2019s going to happen tomorrow. But I feel like I\u2019m in full control of what\u2019s going on now,\u201d Nelson told Southern Living<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen worrying about anything change it, so I decided not to do it. If you can\u2019t do anything about it, why the hell worry about it?\u201d<\/p>\n

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