"Me and You" is the title of a country music

Country music

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 song co-written by Skip Ewing

Skip Ewing

Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:...

 and Ray Herndon, the latter of whom was formerly the guitarist of the band McBride & the Ride

McBride & the Ride

McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown...

. It was recorded by singer Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney

Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S...

, who included it on two albums: 1995's All I Need to Know

All I Need to Know (album)

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and 1996's Me and You. It was released in 1996 as the second single from the latter album, reaching a peak of #2 on the US country singles charts in 1996.

Content

"Me and You" was co-written by Skip Ewing

Skip Ewing

Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:...

 and Ray Herndon, the latter of whom had left the band McBride & the Ride

McBride & the Ride

McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown...

 in 1994. It is a mid-tempo ballad in which the male narrator tells of how he and his life partner complement each other.

The song's main accompaniment comes from piano

Piano

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 and a string section

String section

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, with some pedal steel guitar

Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

 flourishes.

History

Chesney first recorded the song on his 1995 album All I Need to Know

All I Need to Know (album)

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and later included it on his third studio album, 1996's Me and You. The song was released as a single in 1996 from the latter album.

Chart positions

"Me and You" debuted at number 68 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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) charts dated for the week of July 20, 1996. The song spent twenty weeks on that chart, peaking at number 2 on the chart week of November 2. It also spend six weeks on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, peaking at number 12 on that chart (equivalent to number 112 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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).

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US 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... Bubbling Under Hot 100	12
Canada Country Tracks (RPM RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... )	8