Famous Friends (album)

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Famous Friends
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 6, 2021 (2021-08-06)
Recorded2018-2021
Genre Country
Length43:18
Label RCA Nashville
Producer
Chris Young chronology
Losing Sleep
(2017)
Famous Friends
(2021)
Young Love & Saturday Nights
(2024)
Singles from Famous Friends
  1. "Raised on Country"
    Released: January 28, 2019
  2. "Drowning"
    Released: September 23, 2019
  3. "Famous Friends"
    Released: November 20, 2020
  4. "At the End of a Bar"
    Released: September 13, 2021

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.

Contents

Content

"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]

Critical reception

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]

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Raised on Country"
  • Young
  • Crowder
2:57
2."Famous Friends" (featuring Kane Brown)
  • Young
  • Barlowe
  • Crowder
  • Young
  • Crowder
2:46
3."Town Ain't Big Enough" (featuring Lauren Alaina)
  • Young
  • Barlowe
  • Crowder
  • Shay Mooney
  • Young
  • Crowder
2:51
4."Drowning"
  • Young
  • Crowder
3:11
5."Rescue Me"
  • Young
  • Hoge
  • Mark Holman
  • Matt McGinn
  • Christian Davis Stalnecker
  • Young
  • Holman
3:17
6."Break Like You Do"
  • Young
  • DeStefano
3:16
7."At the End of a Bar" (featuring Mitchell Tenpenny)
  • Young
  • DeStefano
  • Mitchell Tenpenny
  • Young
  • DeStefano
3:06
8."Love Looks Good on You"
  • Young
  • DeStefano
3:30
9."One of Them Nights"
  • Young
  • DeStefano
2:42
10."When You're Drinking"
  • Young
  • DeStefano
  • Rogers
  • Smith
  • Young
  • Crowder
3:16
11."Cross Every Line"
  • Young
  • Crowder
3:25
12."Hold My Beer Watch This"
  • Young
  • Barlowe
  • Crowder
  • Young
  • Crowder
2:46
13."Best Seat in the House"
  • Young
  • Crowder
3:05
14."Tonight We're Dancing"
  • Young
  • Josh Gleave
  • Josh Phillips
Young3:10
Total length:43:18
Deluxe Edition [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Everybody Needs a Song" (featuring Old Dominion)
  • Young
  • Brad Tursi
  • DeStefano
3:03
16."If I Knew What was Good for Me"
  • Young
  • Crowder
  • Hoge
2:48
17."Music Note" (featuring Jimmie Allen)
  • Young
  • Barlowe
  • Phillips
3:06
18."Like a Slow Song"
  • Bart Butler
  • Justin Ebach
  • Josh Thompson
3:17
19."Think of You (duet with Cassadee Pope)" (acoustic version)
  • Young
  • Crowder
  • Hoge
3:30
20."I'm Comin' Over" (acoustic version)
  • Young
  • Crowder
  • Hoge
3:09
Total length:1:02:11

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [8]

Tracks 1–4 and 10–13

Track 5

Tracks 6–9

Track 14

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Famous Friends
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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