Pick Me Up (album)

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Pick Me Up
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
Genre Country
Length35:54
Label Warner Music Canada
Producer Mickey Jack Cones
Brett Kissel
Bart McKay
Brett Kissel chronology
Started with a Song
(2013)
Pick Me Up
(2015)
We Were That Song
(2017)
Singles from Pick Me Up
  1. "Airwaves"
    Released: June 19, 2015
  2. "Pick Me Up"
    Released: October 2015
  3. "Cool with That"
    Released: April 2016
  4. "I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Hair"
    Released: September 2016
  5. "She's Desire"
    Released: January 16, 2017

Pick Me Up is the second studio album by Canadian country music artist Brett Kissel. It was released on September 11, 2015, via Warner Music Canada. [1] The album includes the number one single "Airwaves". [2]

Contents

Upon release, Pick Me Up debuted at number seven on the Canadian Albums Chart. [3]

Promotion

In the fall of 2014, Kissel opened for Brad Paisley on the Canadian leg of his then-current tour and began playing material from what would become Pick Me Up. [4] [5] Kissel will headline "The Airwaves Tour 2015" in promotion of Pick Me Up beginning on October 10 in Simcoe, Ontario. [6] Dates were announced through to November 28, with additional stops to be added. He also performed at the Grand Ole Opry on August 29, 2015. [7]

Singles

On June 19, 2015, "Airwaves" was released to digital retailers and Canadian country radio as the album's lead single. [8] It entered the Billboard Canada Country airplay chart at number 31 as the most-added single of the week and reached the number one position on the chart dated October 3, 2015. [6] [9] It has also charted on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 at number 61. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Pick Me Up" Cary Barlowe, Chase Bryant, Hillary Lindsey Mickey Jack Cones 3:22
2."Airwaves" Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, Jonathan Singleton Cones3:29
3."Cool with That" Ted Hewitt, Brett Kissel, Phil O'DonnellBart McKay, Kissel3:49
4."Feet Back on the Ground" Casey Beathard, Tony Martin, Neil Thrasher McKay, Kissel3:25
5."I Can Play Guitar" (featuring Hunter Hayes)Kissel, Troy Olsen McKay, Kissel4:25
6."She's Desire"Jake Mitchell, Jason Mizelle, JP WilliamsCones3:11
7."Why Won't You"Adrienne Follesé, Keith Follesé, KisselCones4:18
8."I Hope It's Me"Jacob Bryant, John Davidson, Gordie Sampson Cones3:17
9."That's Why God Made Guitars" Ashley Gorley, Jenkins, LindseyMcKay, Kissel3:20
10."I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Hair" (with Carolyn Dawn Johnson)Rachel Bradshaw, Kyle Jacobs, Billy Montana McKay, Kissel3:18
Total length:35:54

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [11]

Instruments
Production
Additional credits

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [12] 7

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[13]
CAN
[10]
2015"Airwaves"161
"Pick Me Up"686
2016"Cool with That"8
"I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Hair"1688
2017"She's Desire"6

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