2005 studio album by Trace Adkins
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Songs About Me is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins . It was released on March 22, 2005, via Capitol Records Nashville. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA [ 2] and had sold 1.5 million copies.[ 3] Singles from this album include the title track , "Arlington ", and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk ". The title track and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" both went to No.2 and "Arlington" went to No.16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" was also a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts as well.
The track "Metropolis" was originally recorded by Anthony Smith on his 2003 album If That Ain't Country , and Sammy Kershaw on his 2003 album I Want My Money Back .
Title Writer(s) 1. "Songs About Me " Shaye Smith, Ed Hill 3:24 2. "Arlington " Jeremy Spillman, Dave Turnbull 4:07 3. "Find Me a Preacher" Shane Minor , Wendell Mobley 3:43 4. "My Way Back" Neil Thrasher , Tony Martin 3:51 5. "I Wish It Was You" Tom Shapiro , Steve Bogard4:07 6. "Bring It On" George Teren, Rivers Rutherford 3:42 7. "My Heaven" Chris Wallin, Jim Collins 3:25 8. "Baby I'm Home" Dylan Altman, Fred Wilhelm, Billy Falcon 3:58 9. "Metropolis" Anthony Smith , Wallin3:20 10. "I Learned How to Love from You" Steve Nathan, Tim Mensy 3:05 11. "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk " Randy Houser , Dallas Davidson , Jamey Johnson 4:01 Total length: 40:48
Trace Adkins - lead vocals
Larry Beaird - acoustic guitar
Bruce Bouton - dobro , pedal steel guitar
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Pat Buchanan - electric guitar
Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
Perry Coleman - background vocals
J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar
Eric Darken - percussion
Chip Davis - background vocals
Paul Franklin - dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle , mandolin
Wes Hightower - background vocals
Dann Huff - electric guitar, soloist
Jeff King - electric guitar
Liana Manis - background vocals
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Greg Morrow - percussion, drums
Gordon Mote - synthesizer , piano , Hammond organ
Nashville String Machine - strings
Steve Nathan - piano, keyboards , Hammond organ
Mickey Raphael - harmonica
John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
Scotty Sanders - pedal steel guitar
Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar
DeWayne Strobel - electric guitar
Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, banjo , mandolin
Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar
Dennis Wilson - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, mandolin
Songs About Me was a No.1 album on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart for the week of April 9–15, 2005. It became a No.11 one on the U.S. Billboard 200 that same year.
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