Maddie & Tae (EP)

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Maddie & Tae
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ReleasedNovember 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
Genre Country
Length13:05
Label Dot
Producer Dann Huff, Aaron Scherz
Maddie & Tae chronology
Maddie & Tae
(2014)
Start Here
(2015)
Singles from Maddie & Tae
  1. "Girl in a Country Song"
    Released: July 15, 2014
  2. "Fly"
    Released: January 25, 2015

Maddie & Tae is the eponymous debut EP from American country music duo Maddie & Tae. Written by Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye, [1] the work was recorded at Blackbird Studio, [2] and was released on November 4, 2014 and is the first work produced by Dot Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Girl in a Country Song"
  • Taylor Dye
  • Madison Marlow
  • Aaron Scherz
3:39
2."Sierra"
  • Dye
  • Marlow
  • Scherz
2:45
3."Fly"
  • Dye
  • Marlow
  • Scherz
  • Vartanyan
3:37
4."Your Side of Town"
  • Dye
  • Marlow
  • Blair Daly
  • Heather Morgan
3:04
Total length:13:05

[4]

Chart performance

The album has sold 12,600 copies in the US as of March 2015. [5]

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 164
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 28
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

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