Songs About Me

Songs About Me is the seventh 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. BillboardHot Country Songs charts. "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" was also a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 as well.

Songs About Me
Studio album by
Trace Adkins
ReleasedMarch 22, 2005
GenreCountry, Southern rock
Length40:48
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerScott Hendricks (all tracks except 4, 7, 11)
Dann Huff (tracks 4, 7, 11)
Trace Adkins chronology
Comin' On Strong
(2003)		 Songs About Me
(2005)		 Dangerous Man
(2006)
Singles from Songs About Me
  1. "Songs About Me"
    Released: December 13, 2004
  2. "Arlington"
    Released: June 11, 2005
  3. "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
    Released: October 3, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Songs About Me"Shaye Smith, Ed Hill3:24
2."Arlington"Jeremy Spillman, Dave Turnbull4:07
3."Find Me a Preacher"Shane Minor, Wendell Mobley3:43
4."My Way Back"Neil Thrasher, Tony Martin3:51
5."I Wish It Was You"Tom Shapiro, Steve Bogard4:07
6."Bring It On"George Teren, Rivers Rutherford3:42
7."My Heaven"Chris Wallin, Jim Collins3:25
8."Baby I'm Home"Dylan Altman, Fred Wilhelm, Billy Falcon3:58
9."Metropolis"Anthony Smith, Wallin3:20
10."I Learned How to Love from You"Steve Nathan, Tim Mensy3:05
11."Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"Randy Houser, Dallas Davidson, Jamey Johnson4:01
Total length:40:48

Personnel

Chart performance

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.

Album
Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 11

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US US
Pop
2004 "Songs About Me" 2 59 —
2005 "Arlington" 16 102 —
"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" 2 30 33
  • US: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications
Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[2] 2× Platinum
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References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Songs About Me review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. "American album certifications – Trace Adkins – Songs About Me". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  3. Cashmere, Paul (13 January 2007). "Undercover News: EMI Share Price Drops On Restructure Announcement". undercover.fm. Undercover Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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