Famous Friends | ||||
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Released | August 6, 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2018–2021 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 43:18 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
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Chris Young chronology | ||||
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Singles from Famous Friends | ||||
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Famous Friends is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Chris Young. It was released on August 6, 2021, by RCA Records Nashville. It was preceded by the three singles "Raised on Country", "Drowning" and the title track. "At the End of a Bar" would be released on September 13, 2021, as the album's fourth single. [1] Young co-wrote all but two of the songs on the album overall.
"Raised on Country" was released as the leadoff single on January 28, 2019. It was originally intended to be the title track, but following the releases of "Drowning" on September 23, 2019 and "Famous Friends" on November 20, 2020, Young announced after the COVID-19 pandemic that the album would be retitled to Famous Friends. [2] [3]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that Young "started drifting toward the middle of the road around the mid-2010s", but that Famous Friends "finds him making a course correction, adding some livelier, stylish elements to his smooth foundation". [4]
Famous Friends debuted at number three on the Top Country Albums chart, as well as number 13 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 24,000 copies (including 14,000 album units) in its first week. [5] [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Raised on Country" |
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| 2:57 |
2. | "Famous Friends" (featuring Kane Brown) |
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| 2:46 |
3. | "Town Ain't Big Enough" (featuring Lauren Alaina) |
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| 2:51 |
4. | "Drowning" |
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| 3:11 |
5. | "Rescue Me" |
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| 3:17 |
6. | "Break Like You Do" |
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| 3:16 |
7. | "At the End of a Bar" (featuring Mitchell Tenpenny) |
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| 3:06 |
8. | "Love Looks Good on You" |
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| 3:30 |
9. | "One of Them Nights" |
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| 2:42 |
10. | "When You're Drinking" |
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| 3:16 |
11. | "Cross Every Line" |
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| 3:25 |
12. | "Hold My Beer Watch This" |
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| 2:46 |
13. | "Best Seat in the House" |
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| 3:05 |
14. | "Tonight We're Dancing" |
| Young | 3:10 |
Total length: | 43:18 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Everybody Needs a Song" (featuring Old Dominion) |
| 3:03 |
16. | "If I Knew What was Good for Me" |
| 2:48 |
17. | "Music Note" (featuring Jimmie Allen) |
| 3:06 |
18. | "Like a Slow Song" |
| 3:17 |
19. | "Think of You (duet with Cassadee Pope)" (acoustic version) |
| 3:30 |
20. | "I'm Comin' Over" (acoustic version) |
| 3:09 |
Total length: | 1:02:11 |
Adapted from liner notes. [8]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [16] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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