[1] It was later covered by George Jones, who released as the first single from his album The Cold Hard Truth on May 8, 1999, and it peaked at number 30 on the Billboard country charts.
The music video, which features photographs of the singer throughout his life, had a more gripping resonance in light of Jones's March 1999 drunk driving incident with lines like, "Now I'm living and dying with the choices I've made."
Radio stations began receiving calls to hear it and the song eventually reached the Top 30 and won Jones the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
Alan Jackson was angry with the association's decision, and halfway through his performance of "Pop a Top" during the show, he signaled to his band and played the chorus of Jones' song in protest, before angrily exiting the stage to a long standing ovation.
[2] Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, a George Jones fan, released a version of the song on the 2015 LP Can't Forget.