Loving Every Minute (album)

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Loving Every Minute
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)
Genre Country
Length46:35
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer Carson Chamberlain, Keith Stegall [1]
Mark Wills chronology
Permanently
(2000)
Loving Every Minute
(2001)
Greatest Hits
(2002)
Singles from Loving Every Minute
  1. "Loving Every Minute"
    Released: April 23, 2001
  2. "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You"
    Released: November 12, 2001
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Loving Every Minute is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2001 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (a duet with Jamie O'Neal), which peaked at Nos. 18 and 31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The album itself reached No. 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and No. 93 on the Billboard 200.

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The album's title track, written by Tom Shapiro, Michael White and Monty Criswell, was its first single as well. It peaked at No. 18 on the country chart in 2002. Following this song was the only other single, "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", which was co-written by Randy VanWarmer and Pirates of the Mississippi member Rich Alves. This song was also included on O'Neal's debut album Shiver .

"Somebody" can also be found on Reba McEntire's 2003 album Room to Breathe . McEntire's rendition of the latter song was a Number One hit for her in 2004. Also, John Berry recorded "The Balloon Song" and released it as a single in 2007 from his album Those Were the Days.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Loving Every Minute" Tom Shapiro, Michael White, Monty Criswell4:18
2."One of These Days" Tim Nichols, Jeff Stevens 3:47
3."In My Heaven" Rivers Rutherford, Bobby Pinson 3:24
4."Back on Earth" Skip Ewing, Donny Kees 3:49
5."I Hate Chicago" Chris DuBois, Lee Thomas Miller 3:29
6."Universe" Tommy Sims, Ty Lacy4:17
7."Somebody"Annie Tate, Sam Tate, Dave Berg 3:50
8."I'll Be Around"Nichols, Craig Wiseman 3:18
9."Lost in a Kiss"Steve Bogard, Brett Beavers 4:29
10."The Balloon Song" Casey Beathard 3:48
11."Love Can't" Neil Thrasher, Kelly Shiver3:32
12."I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (duet with Jamie O'Neal) Randy VanWarmer, Rich Alves4:27
Total length:46:35

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums10
U.S. Billboard 20093

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