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Songs About Me (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Songs About Me'" is a song written by Shaye Smith and Ed Hill and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in December 2004 as the first single and title track from Adkin's album of the same name. This song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs chart.
Content
This song reflects the problems of discrimination that country music listeners face. In the song, the narrator is on an early morning flight when he meets a man who asks him what he does for a living upon seeing the narrator's guitar. He says he sings "country music mixed with a little rock and a little blues", something that the man has never enjoyed. Later, the narrator asks him to attend a country music concert, to which he says he will attempt to do, even though "[he'll] be kinda busy". Later, upon watching the narrator perform at the concert, the man finds that the songs relate to him as well ("Songs about me and who I am / Songs about loving and living / And goodhearted women, family, and God").
Music video
The music video was directed by Michael Salomon. In it, Adkins meets a man on a plane, they talk, then he offers the young man tickets to one of his shows. The man expresses a dislike of country music, saying he doesn't really identify with the songs or style of music. Adkins explains that he just sings about his life, giving us the title "Songs About Me". The man later shows up at the concert and is surprised that he enjoys it and identifies with the subjects of the songs. It was filmed in front of a live audience at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon, and at the Nashville International Airport.
Chart performance
"Songs About Me" peaked at number 2 on the US 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs for the week of December 18, 2004 in the United States, and went to number 15 in Canada. The song also reached number 59 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, and at number 27 for year end in 2005.
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References
Category:2005 singles
Category:2004 songs
Category:Trace Adkins songs
Category:Capitol Records Nashville singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks
Category:Music videos directed by Michael Salomon
Category:Songs written by Shaye Smith
Category:Songs written by Ed Hill
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