Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA) [8] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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| "These Are My People" | ||||
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| Single by Rodney Atkins | ||||
| from the album If You're Going Through Hell | ||||
| Released | March 19, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dave Berg Rivers Rutherford | |||
| Producer(s) | Rodney Atkins Ted Hewitt | |||
| Rodney Atkins singles chronology | ||||
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"These Are My People" is a song written by Dave Berg and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in March 2007 as the third single from his platinum album If You're Going Through Hell , [1] as well as the third straight Number One single from that album. [2]
The song is an up-tempo which is introduced by a fiddle solo, with guitar also accompanying. The lyrics are the narrator's description of his rural lifestyle: specifically, the friends with whom he plays church league softball and drinks beer at a bar. The first verse references three Lynyrd Skynyrd songs: "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", and "The Ballad of Curtis Loew". "Lovin' and laughin' and bustin' our asses", a line from the first verse, was changed to "…bustin' our backs" in the radio edit.
J. Poet of Allmusic described the song favorably, saying that "It's a string of clichés, the kind of song that can sink under its own sentimental weight, but Atkins delivers it with a sly humor that makes it believable." [3]
The music video was directed by Eric Welch and premiered in early 2007.
"These Are My People" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of March 24, 2007.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country ( Billboard ) [4] | 11 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 42 |
| US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 1 |
| Chart (2007) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] | 4 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA) [8] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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