Better Be Home Soon | ||||
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Released | March 22, 2011 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 49:04 | |||
Label | Reiny Dawg | |||
Producer | Richard Marx George Canyon | |||
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Singles from Better Be Home Soon | ||||
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Better Be Home Soon is the seventh studio album by Canadian country music artist George Canyon. The album was released on March 22, 2011 by Reiny Dawg and distributed by Universal Music Canada. It debuted at number 25 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [1] Its title track, a cover of the 1988 Crowded House song, peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. [2] The album has been certified Gold by Music Canada. [3]
George Canyon is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of Nashville Star in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west to Calgary, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Never Miss Your Water" | Chris Byrne, George Canyon, Mike Little | 3:14 |
2. | "Every Shade of Gone" | Canyon, Gary Harrison, Richard Marx | 3:13 |
3. | "Better Be Home Soon" | Neil Finn | 4:09 |
4. | "Surrender" | Trey Bruce, Marx | 3:22 |
5. | "When Love Is All You've Got" (with Richard Marx) | Marx, Kenny Rogers | 4:05 |
6. | "Power of You and Me" | Marx | 3:48 |
7. | "When November Falls" | Marx, Matt Scannell | 4:38 |
8. | "Lonesome" | Canyon, Marx, Scannell | 4:19 |
9. | "That's Where You Came In" | Bruce, Canyon, Marx | 3:45 |
10. | "Real Thing" | Canyon, Harrison, Marx | 3:35 |
11. | "Crawfish Crawl" | Byrne, Canyon, Little | 3:33 |
12. | "Sunshine" | Catt Gravitt, Thom Hardwell, Gerald O'Brien | 3:31 |
13. | "Sacrifice" | Dean Brody, Canyon | 3:52 |
Total length: | 49:04 |
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums Chart [1] | 25 |
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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CAN | ||
2010 | "Better Be Home Soon" [4] | 87 |
2011 | "Surrender" [5] | 98 |
"Sunshine" | 96 | |
"When Love Is All You've Got" (with Richard Marx) | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Region | Certification |
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Canada (Music Canada) [3] | Gold |
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