We All Get Lucky Sometimes

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We All Get Lucky Sometimes
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1, 1995
Genre Country
Length39:19
Label Career
Producer Bill Halverson
Scott Hendricks
Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell chronology
On the Road
(1993)
We All Get Lucky Sometimes
(1995)
Every Night's a Saturday Night
(1997)
Singles from Love Without Mercy
  1. "A Little Bit of You"
    Released: May 8, 1995
  2. "When a Woman Loves a Man"
    Released: August 28, 1995
  3. "Heart's Desire"
    Released: January 15, 1996
  4. "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man"
    Released: May 6, 1996
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We All Get Lucky Sometimes is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1995 as his first album for Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville. This album produced five singles for him on the Billboard country singles charts. "A Little Bit of You" was the first, at #2, followed by "When a Woman Loves a Man" (#12), "Heart's Desire" (#3), "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man" (#12), and the title track (#46). It is also his highest-peaking album on Top Country Albums, peaking at #26 there.

Contents

"Squeeze Me In" was covered by Garth Brooks as a duet with Trisha Yearwood on his 2001 album Scarecrow , from which it was released as a single in 2002. The final track, "Catwalk", is an instrumental featuring accordionist Flaco Jiménez.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Little Bit of You" Trey Bruce, Craig Wiseman 2:41
2."Knock Yourself Out" Lee Roy Parnell, Gary Nicholson 3:07
3."Heart's Desire"Parnell, Cris Moore4:13
4."When a Woman Loves a Man"Rafe Van Hoy, Mark Luna3:44
5."If the House Is Rockin'"Nicholson, Mike Henderson, Wally Wilson 3:28
6."We All Get Lucky Sometimes"Nicholson, Jimmy Scott3:18
7."Saved by the Grace of Your Love"Parnell, Mike Reid 3:29
8."Givin' Water to a Drowning Man"Nicholson, Parnell3:30
9."I Had to Let It Go"Parnell, Will Jennings 3:55
10."Squeeze Me In"Nicholson, Delbert McClinton 2:55
11."Cat Walk"Parnell, Flaco Jiménez 4:59

Personnel

The Hot Links

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums26
U.S. Billboard 200173
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers10

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