"Let's Be Us Again" is the title of a song recorded by American

United States

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 country music singer Lonestar

Lonestar

Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...

. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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) charts. It was released in March 2004 as the first single from their album, also titled Let's Be Us Again

Let's Be Us Again

Let's Be Us Again is the sixth studio album released by the American country music group Lonestar. It was released in 2004 on BNA Records, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: the...

. Then-lead singer Richie McDonald

Richie McDonald

Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang...

 co-wrote the song with Maribeth Derry and Tommy Lee James

Tommy Lee James

Tommy Lee James is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, he is originally from Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Northside High School then attended Radford University where he studied voice...

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Content

The song is a mid-tempo mostly accompanied by piano

Piano

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. Its narrator is a man who has done something wrong in his relationship with a woman. He says hurtful things, and makes her cry, and then he realized how close he comes to losing her, and asks the girl if he can make things normal again, and if she'll forgive him.

Chart performance

The song debuted at #43 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated March 6, 2004. It charted for 21 weeks on that chart, and peaked at #4 on the chart dated June 26, 2004, in addition to peaking at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	38