Editing Collin Raye (section)

===''I Think About You'' and ''The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits''===
''[[I Think About You]]'' was the title of Raye's fourth album. Released in 1995, it produced six singles overall and became Raye's fourth consecutive platinum-certified album.<ref name="oldies"/> Of the singles, the first three all reached Top 5: "[[One Boy, One Girl]]", "[[Not That Different]]", and the [[I Think About You (song)|title track]], whose music video won a Video of the Year award from the [[Academy of Country Music]].<ref name="dequeen">{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasmediaroom.com/news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=352 |title=Collin Raye Homecoming Concert Slated for June 20 in DeQueen |access-date=2007-11-02 |last=Taylor |first=Jim |date=2003-05-09 |work=Arkansas Media Room |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113011218/http://www.arkansasmediaroom.com/news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=352 |archive-date=2007-11-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While "Not That Different" was climbing the charts, the album track "[[What If Jesus Comes Back Like That]]" received unsolicited airplay which brought it as high as number 57.<ref name="whitburn"/> After "I Think About You", "[[Love Remains (song)|Love Remains]]" peaked at number 12, followed by an official release of "What If Jesus Comes Back Like That" which achieved a peak of number 21. The album's sixth and final single was "[[On the Verge (song)|On the Verge]]", at number 2.<ref name="whitburn"/>

In 1996, Raye also released a Christmas album titled ''[[Christmas: The Gift]]''. He also appeared on [[Stars and Stripes Vol. 1]], a [[Beach Boys]] album featuring lead vocals by country musicians. A year later, his first Greatest Hits package was issued; titled ''[[The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits]]'', it comprised several of his hit singles from the past five years, as well as four new songs, of which three released as singles. "[[What the Heart Wants]]" and "[[Little Red Rodeo]]" both reached Top Five on the country music charts, while "The Gift", a collaboration with [[Jim Brickman]] and [[Susan Ashton]], was a top 5 hit on the Adult Contemporary charts. The album also included a cover of [[Journey (band)|Journey]]'s "[[Open Arms (Journey song)|Open Arms]]", with Raye's version reaching a peak of number 70 from unsolicited airplay.<ref name="whitburn"/> ''Direct Hits'' received a gold certification from the RIAA for selling 500,000 copies in the United States.