People Like Us (Aaron Tippin song)

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"People Like Us"
Single by Aaron Tippin
from the album People Like Us
ReleasedJanuary 8, 2001
Genre Country [1]
Length3:07
Label Lyric Street
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Aaron Tippin singles chronology
"Kiss This"
(2000)
"People Like Us"
(2001)
"Always Was"
(2001)

"People Like Us" is a song written by David Lee Murphy and Kim Tribble, and recorded by American country music artist, Aaron Tippin. It was released on January 8, 2001 as the second single from the album of the same name . The song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in February 2001.

Chart performance

"People Like Us" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 13, 2001.

Chart (2001)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 17
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 7

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 350.
  2. "Aaron Tippin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Aaron Tippin Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.