Change My Mind (album)

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Change My Mind
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Studio album by Billy Ray Cyrus
Released October 23, 2012
Genre Country
Length42:24
Label Blue Cadillac Music
Producer Brandon Friesen
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
I'm American
(2011)
Change My Mind
(2012)
Thin Line
(2016)
Singles from Change My Mind
  1. "Change My Mind"
    Released: 2012
  2. "Hillbilly Heart"
    Released: January 28, 2013
  3. "Hope Is Just Ahead"
    Released: September 19, 2013
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Change My Mind is the thirteenth studio album by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and his first on own record label Blue Cadillac Music. It was released on October 23, 2012. The album includes a re-recording of "I'm So Miserable", a cut from Cyrus' 1992 debut Some Gave All .

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<i>Some Gave All</i> 1992 studio album by Billy Ray Cyrus

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Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Ray Cyrus except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Change My Mind"Cyrus, Michael J. Sagraves4:42
2."Once Again" 5:15
3."Hillbilly Heart" 3:42
4."Tomorrow Became Yesterday" 5:23
5."Good as Gone" 3:24
6."Forgot to Forget" 3:57
7."That's What Daddys Do" 4:10
8."Hope Is Just Ahead"Cyrus, John Frederick Lenz, Don Von Tress4:42
9."I'm So Miserable"Cyrus, Corky Holbrook3:16
10."Stomp" 5:53

Chart performance

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard Top Country Albums [2] 38

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Change My Mind review". Allmusic . Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. "Chart listing for Change My Mind". Billboard . Retrieved November 10, 2012.