Chrome (Trace Adkins song)

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"Chrome"
Trace Adkins - Chrome - single.jpg
Single by Trace Adkins
from the album Chrome
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2002
Recorded2001
Genre
Length3:22
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s) Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Steele
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Trace Adkins singles chronology
"Help Me Understand"
(2002)
"Chrome"
(2002)
"Then They Do"
(2003)

"Chrome" is a song written by Anthony Smith and Jeffrey Steele and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in September 2002 as the third and final single and title track from his 2001 album of the same name. It peaked at number 10 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Contents

Before its release as a single, "Chrome" was the B-side to the album's first single, "I'm Tryin'." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [3]

Chart positions

"Chrome" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of September 28, 2002.

Chart (2002–2003)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 10
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 74

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 56

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