Leave the Light On is the second album by American country music

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 Jeff Bates

Jeff Bates

Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On, was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the...

. Released on April 11, 2006 (see 2006 in country music

2006 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2006.-Events:* January 14 — With the song, "She Let Herself Go," George Strait scores his 40th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, all of them solo. It ties a 20-year-old record for most No...

), it includes the singles "Long, Slow Kisses" (a re-recording of a song originally found on his debut album Rainbow Man), "Good People", "No Shame" and "One Second Chance". Respectively, these reached #17, #42, #45 and #59 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country charts. Also covered here is Billy "Crash" Craddock's 1974 single "Rub It In".

Track listing

1. "Long, Slow Kisses" (Jeff Bates, Gordon Bradberry, Ben Hayslip
   Ben Hayslip
   Ben Hayslip is an American country music songwriter. Hayslip attended Evans High School near Augusta, Georgia where he was an All-State first baseman leading the Evans baseball team to the 1988 Georgia state championship...
   
   ) – 3:10
2. "Rub It In
   Rub It In
   "Rub It In" is a song written and originally recorded by Layng Martine, Jr., and credited as Layng Martine. His version, released on the Barnaby Records label, was produced by Ray Stevens and was a chart single in 1971. Billy "Crash" Craddock covered the song in 1974, on the album Rub It In, taking...
   
   " (Layng Martine, Jr.
   Layng Martine, Jr.
   Layng Martine, Jr. is a singer and songwriter. He is notable for writing several songs, including "Rub It In", a Number One hit for Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1974, which became the long-running TV commercial "Plug It In" for Johnson & Johnson's Glade Plug-ins air freshening product...
   
   ) – 3:05
3. "No Shame" (Bates, Kenny Beard, Jimmy Yeary) – 3:02
4. "Hands On Man" (Carson Chamberlain
   Carson Chamberlain
   Carson Chamberlain is an American songwriter, record producer and steel guitarist who works mainly in the field of country music....
   
   , Mark D. Sanders
   Mark D. Sanders
   Mark Daniel Sanders is an American Country Music songwriter. He has written 14 No. 1 hits, 50 singles, and over 200 cuts, including the famous Lee Ann Womack single “I Hope You Dance,” co-written with Tia Sillers.-Early life:...
   
   , Michael White
   Michael White (singer)
   Larry Michael White is an American country music artist. The son of songwriter L.E. White, who has written for Conway Twitty, Michael was signed to Reprise Records in 1992, releasing his debut album Familiar Ground that year...
   
   ) – 2:50
5. "Leave the Light On" (Beard, Yeary, Monty Criswell) – 3:28
6. "That'll Get You Ten" (Wade Kirby, Eric Church
   Eric Church
   Kenneth Eric Church is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Records in 2006, Church released his debut album Sinners Like Me that year...
   
   ) – 3:59
7. "The Woman He Walked On" (Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
   
   , Mitzi Dawn Jenkins, Tony Mullins) – 3:05
8. "One Second Chance" (Arlis Albritton, Chris DuBois, Dave Turnbull) – 3:44
9. "Good People" (Tim James, Kendall Marvel) – 3:05
10. "I Can't Write That" (Bates, Beard, Billy Yates
    Billy Yates (singer)
    Billy Yates is an American country music artist. He has released eight studio albums and has charted four singles on the Billboard country charts, including the #36 "Flowers" in 1997...
    
    ) – 3:55
11. "What I Know" (Beard, Casey Beathard
    Casey Beathard
    Casey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...
    
    ) – 3:05
12. "Mama Was a Lot Like Jesus" (Rob Crosby
    Rob Crosby
    Robert Crosby Hoar , is an American country music artist, known professionally as Rob Crosby. Between 1990 and 1996, Rob charted eight singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He has also recorded six studio albums, with his most recent, Catfish Baby, being released in 2007...
    
    , Kelly Shiver, Ray Stephenson) – 3:30

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	62

External links

• [ Leave the Light On] at Allmusic