From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Me and You (Kenny Chesney song)
Me and You (Kenny Chesney song)
Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 2
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 12
Canada Country Tracks (RPM) 8
"Me and You" single from the latter album, reaching a peak of #2 on the
US country singles charts in 1996.
Content
"Me and You" was co-written by Skip Ewing and Ray
Herndon, the latter of whom had left the band McBride
& the Ride in 1994. It is a mid-tempo ballad in which the
male narrator tells of how he and his life partner comple-
ment each other.
The song’s main accompaniment comes from piano
and a string section, with some pedal steel guitar flour-
ishes.
Single by Kenny Chesney History
from the album Me and You Chesney first recorded the song on his 1995 album All I
B-side "I Finally Found Somebody" Need to Know[1] and later included it on his third studio al-
bum, 1996’s Me and You.[2] The song was released as a sin-
Released July 22, 1996 gle in 1996 from the latter album.
Format CD single, 7"
Genre Country Chart positions
Length 3:40 "Me and You" debuted at number 68 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs)
Label BNA 64589
charts dated for the week of July 20, 1996. The song spent
Writer(s) Skip Ewing twenty weeks on that chart, peaking at number 2 on the
Ray Herndon chart week of November 2. It also spend six weeks on
Producer Barry Beckett the Bubbling Under Hot 100, peaking at number 12 on
that chart (equivalent to number 112 on the Billboard
Kenny Chesney singles chronology Hot 100).
"Back in My Arms "Me and "When I Close My
Again"
(1996)
You"
(1996)
Eyes"
(1996)
References
[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "All I Need to Know
review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/
"Me and You" is the title of a country music song co-
album/r224587. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
written by Skip Ewing and Ray Herndon, the latter of
[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Me and You review".
whom was formerly the guitarist of the band McBride &
Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/
the Ride. It was recorded by singer Kenny Chesney, who
r241759. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
included it on two albums: 1995’s All I Need to Know and
1996’s Me and You. It was released in 1996 as the second
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[3] "Kenny Chesney Album & Song Chart History"
Billboard Country Songs for Kenny Chesney.
Prometheus Global Media.
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