What It Takes (Adam Gregory song)

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"What It Takes"
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Single by Adam Gregory
from the album Crazy Days
ReleasedOctober 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)
Genre Country
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Adam Gregory singles chronology
"Crazy Days"
(2008)
"What It Takes"
(2008)
"Could I Just Be Me"
(2009)

"What It Takes" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Adam Gregory. It is the second single from Crazy Days , his first album to be released in the United States. The song has reached top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States. [1]

Chart positions

Chart (2008–09)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [2] 83
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 38

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References

  1. "Billboard Hot Country Songs". Billboard . Retrieved 2009-02-11.[ dead link ]
  2. "Adam Gregory Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. "Adam Gregory Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.