When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)

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When the Sun Goes Down
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Studio album by
Kenny Chesney
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2004
Recorded2003–04
Studio
  • Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Westwood
Genre Country
Length45:13
Label BNA Records
Producer Buddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
(2003)		When the Sun Goes Down
(2004)		 Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
(2005)
Singles from When the Sun Goes Down
  1. "There Goes My Life"
    Released: October 20, 2003
  2. "When the Sun Goes Down"
    Released: February 2, 2004
  3. "I Go Back"
    Released: May 3, 2004
  4. "The Woman with You"
    Released: August 31, 2004
  5. "Anything but Mine"
    Released: January 3, 2005
  6. "Keg in the Closet"
    Released: May 9, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic (67/100) [1]
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Chicago Tribune (unfavorable) [6]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [7]
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When the Sun Goes Down is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on February 3, 2004 by BNA Records. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling over 550,000 copies in its first week. [11]

Contents

The album produced six singles with "There Goes My Life", the title track (a duet with Uncle Kracker), "I Go Back", "The Woman with You", "Anything but Mine", and "Keg in the Closet" all of which charted in the Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "There Goes My Life", the title track, and "Anything but Mine" all reached number one, "I Go Back" and "The Woman with You" both peaked at number 2, and "Keg in the Closet" went to number 6. The title track is also Uncle Kracker's first country chart entry.

Also included on this album is the song "Some People Change", which was later recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry as the title track to their 2006 album of the same name. Their version was released as a single and became a Top 10 hit for them that year.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There Goes My Life" Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley 5:02
2."I Go Back" Kenny Chesney 4:03
3."When the Sun Goes Down" (duet with Uncle Kracker) Brett James 4:50
4."The Woman with You" Craig Wiseman, David Frasier4:31
5."Some People Change"Thrasher, Jason Sellers, Michael Dulaney3:27
6."Anything but Mine"Scooter Carusoe5:25
7."Keg in the Closet"Chesney, James3:32
8."When I Think About Leaving" Tim Johnson, Rory Lee Feek, Paul Overstreet 4:39
9."Being Drunk's a Lot Like Loving You" Skip Ewing, Chesney3:33
10."Outta Here" Josh Leo 2:47
11."Old Blue Chair"Chesney3:24
Total length:45:13
Limited Edition tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Live Those Songs" (live)4:09
13."What I Need to Do" (live)4:41
14."Please Come to Boston" (live)4:00
Target Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Marina del Rey" Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus 
16."Come Monday" Jimmy Buffett  
17."I Wonder Do You Think of Me" Sanger D. Shafer  
18."I'm On Fire" Bruce Springsteen  
19."I Always Get Lucky with You" Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers, Gary Church, Tex Whitson 

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [12]

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions		 Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[20] 		US
[21]
2003"There Goes My Life"129* US: Gold [22]
2004"When the Sun Goes Down"
(featuring Uncle Kracker)		126* US: Platinum [23]
"I Go Back"232* US: Gold [24]
"The Woman with You"233
2005"Anything but Mine"148* US: Gold [25]
"Keg in the Closet"664

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [26] 5× Platinum5,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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