Shot Full of Love
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Shot Full of Love is an album, released in 1998, by country music
artist Billy Ray Cyrus
. It features the single "Busy Man", which peaked at number 3 in early 1999, becoming Cyrus's first Top Ten country hit since "Somebody New" in 1993. The album's title song is a cover of a song originally recorded by Juice Newton
in 1981, in 1983 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
, and a number 73-peaking single in 1990 for Jennifer McCarter and The McCarters.
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 features the single "Busy Man", which peaked at number 3 in early 1999, becoming Cyrus's first Top Ten country hit since "Somebody New" in 1993. The album's title song is a cover of a song originally recorded by Juice Newton
Juice Newton
Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist...
in 1981, in 1983 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded...
, and a number 73-peaking single in 1990 for Jennifer McCarter and The McCarters.
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How's My World Treating You" | 4:17 | Jerry Laseter, Linda Buell, Kerry Kurt Phillips |
| 2. | "Under the Hood" | 2:50 | Al Anderson Al Anderson (NRBQ) Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me... , 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... |
| 3. | "Give My Heart to You" | 3:49 | Walt Aldridge Walt Aldridge Walt Aldridge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter... , DiPiero |
| 4. | "Busy Man Busy Man "Busy Man" is the title of a song written by Bob Regan and George Teren. It was recorded by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus on his 1998 album Shot Full of Love, from which it was released in October of that year as the album's third single. The song reached a peak of number 3 on the U.S... " |
3:17 | Bob Regan, George Teren |
| 5. | "Shot Full of Love" | 4:24 | Bob McDill Bob McDill Robert Lee "Bob" McDill is an American country music songwriter. Active from the 1960s until 2000, he has written several songs for country music artists, including more than thirty Number One hits... |
| 6. | "Rock This Planet" | 2:32 | Joe Collins, 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... |
| 7. | "Missing You" | 3:22 | Rick Giles, Susan Logacre |
| 8. | "Touchy Subject" | 4:08 | Michael Lunn, Gordon Bradberry |
| 9. | "His Shoes" | 4:00 | Keith Stegall Keith Stegall Robert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages... , Carson Chamberlain Carson Chamberlain Carson Chamberlain is an American songwriter, record producer and steel guitarist who works mainly in the field of country music.... , Gary Harrison |
| 10. | "Time for Letting Go" | 4:14 | 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. | "The American Dream" | 4:33 | Stegall, Harrison |
Albums
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Top Country Albums | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 32 |
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 | CAN Country | |||||||
| 1998 | "Time for Letting Go" | 70 | — | — | |||||
| "Busy Man Busy Man "Busy Man" is the title of a song written by Bob Regan and George Teren. It was recorded by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus on his 1998 album Shot Full of Love, from which it was released in October of that year as the album's third single. The song reached a peak of number 3 on the U.S... " |
3 | 46 | 5 | ||||||
| 1999 | "Give My Heart to You" | 41 | — | 63 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart | |||||||||
Main Musicians
- BRC - background vocals
- J.T. Corenflos - electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Mark Douthit - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitarSteel guitarSteel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
- Owen Hale - drums
- Jimmy Hall - background vocals
- Mike Henderson - electric guitar
- Dann HuffDann HuffDann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
- electric guitar - Paul Leim - drums
- Brent MasonBrent MasonBrent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
- electric guitar - Dave PomeroyDave PomeroyDave Pomeroy is a United States musician, known as a Nashville vocalist, songwriter, and producer , but is best known as a bassist. He has played electric and acoustic bass in the studio for many recording artists in addition to his solo and concert work...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Gary Prim - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- John Wesley RylesJohn Wesley RylesJohn Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
- background vocals - Bruce Watkins - banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
- John Willis - acoustic guitar
- Glenn WorfGlenn WorfGlenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
- bass guitar