Southern Rain
Encyclopedia
Southern Rain is an album, released in 2000, by country music
artist Billy Ray Cyrus
. It was his first album for the Monument Records
label. The album produced five singles on the Hot Country Songs
charts, including the number 17 "You Won't Be Lonely Now". This was his first album for Monument Records
after leaving Mercury Records
in 1999.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus
William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...
. It was his first album for the Monument Records
Monument Records
Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...
label. The album produced five singles 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, including the number 17 "You Won't Be Lonely Now". This was his first album for Monument Records
Monument Records
Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...
after leaving Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
in 1999.
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Won't Be Lonely Now" | 3:53 | Brett James Brett James Brett James Cornelius is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Signed to Career Records as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year... , John Bettis John Bettis John Bettis is an American lyricist who has co-written many famous popular songs over the years. In 2011, John was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.... |
| 2. | "Southern Rain" | 5:05 | Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon... , Michael Joe Sagraves, Don Von Tress |
| 3. | "All I'm Thinking About Is You" | 3:42 | Jeffrey Steele Jeffrey Steele Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele... |
| 4. | "We the People" | 4:11 | Monty Powell, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Anna Wilson |
| 5. | "I Will" | 3:58 | Bonnie Baker, Carol Ann Brown |
| 6. | "Love You Back" | 3:56 | Neil Thrasher Neil Thrasher Joe Neil Thrasher, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts in early 1997... , Wendell Mobley |
| 7. | "Burn Down the Trailer Park" | 3:18 | Paul Thorn Paul Thorn Paul Wayne Thorn is an Americana singer-songwriter, whose style is a mix of blues and rock music.-Biography:Thorn was born in Wisconsin, but as an infant his family moved and he was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi... , Billy Maddox, Pat McDonald |
| 8. | "Everywhere I Wanna Be" | 3:28 | Marty Dodson, Danny Wells |
| 9. | "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" | 3:20 | Steele, Ed Berghoff |
| 10. | "Without You" | 4:05 | Cyrus, Jude Cole Jude Cole Jude Cole is a manager, record producer and singer/songwriter/guitarist.-Career:Cole's solo records, "Jude Cole", "A View from 3rd Street" and "Start the Car" were released on Warner Bros./Reprise Records, and contained the singles "Baby, It's Tonight", "Time for Letting Go" and "Start the Car"... |
| 11. | "Hey Elvis" | 5:58 | Bryan Adams Bryan Adams Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written... , Gretchen Peters Gretchen Peters Gretchen Peters is a singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. She was born in New York and raised in Boulder, Colorado, but moved to Nashville in the late 1980s... |
Album
| Charts (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Top Country Albums | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 102 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 13 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country 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... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Country | ||
| 2000 | "You Won't Be Lonely Now" | 17 | 80 | *A |
| "We the People" | 60 | — | * | |
| 2001 | "Burn Down the Trailer Park" | 43 | — | * |
| "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" | 58 | — | * | |
| "Southern Rain" | 45 | — | * | |
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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- A "You Won't Be Lonely Now" reached #33 when RPM Country Tracks ceised production.