On Oct. 6, 1995, Garth Brooks ran a full-page ad in USA Today with an unusual message: “You can’t see it. You can’t buy it. But you can hear it. New Garth Brooks music — only on country radio.”

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Brooks’ new album at the time, Fresh Horses, would not be released until that Nov. 21, but the first single from the project, ballad “She’s Every Woman,” could indeed be heard on country stations as it burned through the competition. It moved 6-4 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated Oct. 7, and on Oct. 21, in just its seventh w

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