What I'm For

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What I'm For
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009
Recorded2008 at Blackbird Studios and The Sound Kitchen [1]
Genre Country
Length39:01
Label BNA
Producer Dann Huff
Pat Green chronology
Cannonball
(2006)
What I'm For
(2009)
Songs We Wish We'd Written II
(2012)
Singles from What I'm For
  1. "Let Me"
    Released: June 23, 2008
  2. "Country Star"
    Released: March 2009
  3. "What I'm For"
    Released: May 2009
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What I'm For is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Pat Green. It was released on January 27, 2009 (see 2009 in country music) on BNA Records and produced by Dann Huff. The album is his second for BNA and his eighth overall. Lead-off single "Let Me" has charted in the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at No. 12. [7] [8]

Contents

Content

The first single release from the album is "Let Me". This song is his thirteenth chart entry on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at No. 12 in February 2009 and becoming his second-highest peak. Following this song is "Country Star", released in March 2009. "Country Star" was withdrawn as a single in May 2009, and "What I'm For" subsequently became the third single release.

Also included on this album is a re-recording of "Carry On", originally released on his 2000 album Carry On and later released as a single from his 2001 album Three Days . Green co-wrote eight of the ten songs on this album. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Footsteps of Our Fathers" Pat Green, Brett James 4:17
2."What I'm For" Marc Beeson, Allen Shamblin 3:36
3."Feeling Pretty Good Tonight"Green, Bobby Pinson 3:57
4."Lucky"Green, Patrick Davis, Justin Pollard3:38
5."In This World"Green2:57
6."Country Star"Green, James3:45
7."Let Me"Beeson, Danny Orton3:50
8."In It for the Money"Green, Davis3:41
9."Carry On"Green, Walt Wilkins4:33
10."In the Middle of the Night"Green, Chuck Cannon, Lari White 4:41

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [1]

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2009)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums2
U.S. Billboard 20018

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