Man of Me

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"Man of Me"
Single by Gary Allan
from the album Alright Guy
B-side "Sorry"
ReleasedJuly 7, 2001
Recorded2001
Genre Country
Length3:27
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Rivers Rutherford, George Teren
Producer(s) Tony Brown, Mark Wright
Gary Allan singles chronology
"Right Where I Need to Be"
(2000)
"Man of Me"
(2001)
"The One"
(2002)

"Man of Me" is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and George Teren and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in July 2001 as the first single from Allan's 2001 album Alright Guy . The song reached number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 18
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 21.
  2. "Gary Allan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Gary Allan Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.