Swimming in Champagne is the debut album of 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 Eric Heatherly

Eric Heatherly

Eric Heatherly is an American country music artist. In 2000, he debuted with a cover of The Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall", the first of three singles from his debut album Swimming in Champagne, which was issued in 2000 on Mercury Nashville Records...

. It features a cover of "Flowers on the Wall

Flowers on the Wall

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", originally recorded by The Statler Brothers in 1965. Heatherly's cover was released as the album's lead-off single, reaching a peak of #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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) charts and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. The second and third singles from this album were the title track and "Wrong Five O'Clock", which respectively reached #46 and #32 on the country charts.

Track listing

1. "Someone Else's Cadillac" (Eric Heatherly, Cris Moore, Ed Hill) - 4:12
2. "I Just Break 'Em" (Heatherly, Tim Schumacher) - 3:59
3. "Didn't Mean a Thing" (Heatherly, Christopher Ward) - 5:01
4. "One Night" (Heatherly, Michael Hunter Ochs) - 4:06
5. "Why Don'tcha" (Heatherly, Richard E. Carpenter, Ochs) - 4:03
6. "Flowers on the Wall
   Flowers on the Wall
   "Flowers on The Wall" is a song made famous by country music group The Statler Brothers. Written and composed by the group's original tenor, Lew DeWitt, the song peaked in popularity in January 1966, spending four weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, and reaching No....
   
   " (Lew DeWitt
   Lew DeWitt
   Lewis Calvin "Lew" DeWitt was an American country music singer and composer.For most of his career DeWitt sang tenor for The Statler Brothers...
   
   ) - 3:29
7. "Let Me" (Heatherly, John Sieger) - 3:57
8. "Swimming in Champagne" (Heatherly, Carpenter) - 4:26
9. "Wrong Five O'Clock" (Heatherly, Carpenter) - 2:36
10. "Freedom Chain" (Heatherly, Carpenter, Moore) - 3:58
11. "She's So Hot" (Heatherly, Carpenter, Ochs) - 6:17

Eric Heatherly's band

• Richard E. Carpenter - drums
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• Jonathan Hamby - keyboards
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• Eric Heatherly - lead vocals, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Jim Roller - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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Additional musicians

• Randy McCormick - keyboards
• Gary Prim - piano
  Piano
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• John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles
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   - background vocals
• John D. Willis - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
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  - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	17
U.S. Billboard 200	157
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	6
Canadian RPM Country Albums	6