Easy Come, Easy Go is a 1993

1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

 album by American George Strait

George Strait

George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...

. It was released by MCA Records

MCA Records

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 and it produced four singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts: the title track (#1), a cover of George Jones

George Jones

George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....

's 1966 hit "Lovebug" (#8), "I'd Like to Have That One Back" (#3), and "The Man in Love with You" (#5).

Track listing

1. "Stay out of My Arms" (Jim Lauderdale
   Jim Lauderdale
   Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
   
   ) - 2:35
2. "Just Look at Me" (Gerald Smith, Curtis Wayne) - 3:08
3. "Easy Come, Easy Go
   Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait song)
   "Easy Come, Easy Go" is the title of a song written by Aaron Barker and Dean Dillon, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in August 1993 as the lead single from his album of the same title. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles &...
   
   " (Aaron Barker, Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
   
   ) - 3:02
4. "I'd Like to Have That One Back
   I'd Like to Have That One Back
   "I'd Like to Have That One Back" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist George Strait. Released in November 1993, it was the second single from his album Easy Come, Easy Go. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1994...
   
   " (Barker, Bill Shore, Rick West) - 3:51
5. "Lovebug" (Wayne Kemp
   Wayne Kemp
   Wayne Kemp is an American country music singer. He recorded between 1969 and 1986 for Decca, MCA, United Artists, Mercury and Door Knob Records, and charted twenty-four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was "Honky Tonk Wine," which peaked at #17 in 1973...
   
   , Wayne) - 2:50
6. "I Wasn't Fooling Around" (Lauderdale, John Leventhal
   John Leventhal
   John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...
   
   ) - 3:00
7. "Without Me Around" (Dillon, John Northrup) - 3:26
8. "The Man in Love with You
   The Man in Love with You
   "The Man in Love with You" is the title of a song written by Steve Dorff and Gary Harju, and recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1994 as the fourth and final single released from his 1993 album Easy Come, Easy Go...
   
   " (Steve Dorff
   Steve Dorff
   Steve Dorff is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and "My Heart Will Never Know" for Clay Walker, "The Man in Love with You" and "I Cross My Heart" by George Strait,...
   
   , Gary Harju) - 3:22
9. "That's Where My Baby Feels at Home" (Kemp, Wayne, Faron Young
   Faron Young
   Faron Young was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars...
   
   ) - 2:44
10. "We Must Be Loving Right" (Clay Blaker, Roger Brown) - 3:34

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
  
   – fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , Hi-string acoustics
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason
  Brent Mason
  Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
  
   – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , tic tac
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Strings

String section

The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...

 on "Without Me Around", "We Must Be Loving Right" and "The Man in Love with You" recorded at O'Henry Studios, Burbank, California. Arranged by Steve Dorff.

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	5
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2