Kickin' It Up

Kickin' It Up
Studio album by John Michael Montgomery
Released	January 25, 1994 (1994-01-25)
Recorded	1993
Studio	The Castle (Franklin, TN) Midtown Tone & Volume, Recording Arts and Woodland Sound Studios (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country
Length	34:26
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Scott Hendricks
John Michael Montgomery chronology
Life's a Dance (1992) Kickin' It Up (1994) John Michael Montgomery (1995)
Alternative cover
Japan Cover

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Be My Baby Tonight"	Richard Fagan, Ed Hill	2:50
2.	"Full-Time Love"	Carson Chamberlain, Zack Turner	2:53
3.	"I Swear"	Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers	4:22
4.	"She Don't Need a Band to Dance"	Randy Archer, Freddy Weller	3:21
5.	"All In My Heart"	Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis	3:46
6.	"Friday at Five"	Jimmy Alan Stewart, George Teren	2:41
7.	"Rope the Moon"	Aggie Brown, Jess Brown, Jimmy Denton	4:06
8.	"If You've Got Love"	Mark D. Sanders, Steve Seskin	3:54
9.	"Oh How She Shines"	Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson	3:14
10.	"Kick It Up"	Andy Byrd, Jim Robinson	3:17

Production

• Scott Hendricks – producer, overdub recording, mixing
• John Guess – recording
• Jeff Balding – mixing (10)
• Amy Hughes – recording assistant
• John Kunz – recording assistant, additional engineer, mix assistant, production assistant
• Marty Williams – recording assistant
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Virginia Team – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Karen Miller – photography
• Lori Turk – make-up
• Hallmark Direction Co. – management

Personnel

As listed in the liner notes. ^[12]

• John Michael Montgomery – vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (2), Hammond B3 organ (2, 10)
• Reese Wynans – acoustic piano (2-10), Hammond B3 organ (5, 7)
• Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (3, 7, 9)
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars (1-3, 6, 8, 9)
• Dann Huff – electric guitars (1-9), acoustic guitars (10)
• Brent Mason – electric guitars
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars (4, 5, 7, 10)
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin (8)
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10)
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (1-9)
• Harry Stinson – backing vocals (3, 7)

Group vocals on "Kick It Up"

• Mike Janas, John Kunz, Mimi Nuyens, Harry Stinson, Bruce Sulfridge and Dennis Wilson

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Canadian Albums ( RPM ) 23 Canadian Country Albums ( RPM ) 1 UK Country Albums (OCC) [13] 15 US Billboard 200 [14] 1 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Billboard 200 [16] 35 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [17] 4 Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200 [18] 119 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [19] 19

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11]	2× Platinum	200,000^
United States (RIAA) [9]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^
United States (RIAA) [20] Video	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Kickin' It Up at AllMusic. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
2. Alanna Nash (January 28, 1994). "Kickin' It Up Review". EW.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
3. Mansfield, Brian (March 1994). "Reviews: Kickin' It Up". New Country. 1 (1): 44.
4. "Billboard 200". Billboard . January 2, 2013.
5. "Billboard 200 Chart: 2/12/1994". Billboard . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
6. "Billboard 200 Chart: 2/19/1994". Billboard . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
7. Augusto, Troy (February 9, 1994). "Montgomery tops charts". Variety . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
8. "John Michael Montgomery US Billboard Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
9. "American album certifications – John Michael Montgomery – Kickin' It Up". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 3, 2024.
10. "Kickin' It Up - John Michael Montgomery". Official Charts Company . United Kingdom. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
11. "Canadian album certifications – John Michael Montgomery – Kickin' It Up". Music Canada . Retrieved May 3, 2024.
12. Kickin' It Up (CD). John Michael Montgomery. Atlantic Records. 1994. CD 82559.
13. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
14. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
15. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
16. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
17. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
18. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
19. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
20. "American video certifications – John Michael Montgomery – Kickin' It Up". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 3, 2024.