I Loved Her First

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I Loved Her First
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)
Genre Country
Label Lofton Creek
Producer Walt Aldridge
Singles from I Loved Her First
  1. "I Loved Her First"
    Released: June 5, 2006
  2. "Built to Last"
    Released: 2007
  3. "Let's Get Dirty"
    Released: 2007
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I Loved Her First is the only studio album by the American country music band Heartland. Issued in 2006, it includes the single "I Loved Her First", a number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Also released from this album were the singles "Built to Last" (number 58 on Hot Country Songs) and "Let's Get Dirty" (failed to chart). The track "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" is a cover version of Ronnie Milsap's number one country hit from 1981.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Boys Like Us"Mike Geiger, Brad Martin, Frank J. Myers 3:42
2."Play Hurt" Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler, James LeBlanc3:38
3."You" Jason Sellers, Ray Stephenson3:32
4."Built to Last"Elliott Park4:14
5."(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"Aldridge, Tom Brasfield3:03
6."Let's Get Dirty"Aldridge, Anthony Little, Keith Ridenour4:07
7."Too Country" Neal Coty, Jon Henderson3:21
8."Freebird in a Firebird"Brandy Clark, Mark Narmore3:51
9."I Loved Her First"Aldridge, Park3:32
10."Mississippi Mud"Aldridge, Rodney Clawson 3:26
11."Judge a Man by the Woman"Don Poythress, Barry Dean4:22

Personnel

Heartland

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country US
2006"I Loved Her First"134
2007"Built to Last"58
"Let's Get Dirty"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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