- Me and You (Kenny Chesney song)
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"Me and You" 
Single by Kenny Chesney from the album Me and You B-side "I Finally Found Somebody" Released July 22, 1996 Format CD single, 7" Genre Country Length 3:40 Label BNA 64589 Writer(s) Skip Ewing
Ray HerndonProducer Barry Beckett Kenny Chesney singles chronology "Back in My Arms Again"
(1996)"Me and You"
(1996)"When I Close My Eyes"
(1996)"Me and You" is the title of a country music song co-written by Skip Ewing and Ray Herndon, the latter of whom was formerly the guitarist of the band McBride & the Ride. It was recorded by singer Kenny Chesney, who 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 single from the latter album, reaching a peak of #2 on the US country singles charts in 1996.
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"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 complement each other.
The song's main accompaniment comes from piano and a string section, with some pedal steel guitar flourishes.
History
Chesney first recorded the song on his 1995 album All I Need to Know[1] and later included it on his third studio album, 1996's Me and You.[2] The song was released as a single in 1996 from the latter album.
Chart positions
"Me and You" debuted at number 68 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week of July 20, 1996. The song spent twenty weeks on that chart, peaking at number 2 on the chart week of November 2. It also spend six weeks on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, peaking at number 12 on that chart (equivalent to number 112 on the Billboard Hot 100).
Chart (1996) Peak
positionUS Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 2 US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 12 Canada Country Tracks (RPM) 8 References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "All I Need to Know review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r224587. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Me and You review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r241759. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ "Kenny Chesney Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Kenny Chesney. Prometheus Global Media.
In My Wildest Dreams "Somebody's Callin'" · "Whatever It Takes" · "The Tin Man"All I Need to Know "Fall in Love" · "All I Need to Know" · "Grandpa Told Me So"Me and You "Back in My Arms Again" · "Me and You" · "When I Close My Eyes"I Will Stand Everywhere We Go "How Forever Feels" · "You Had Me from Hello" · "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" · "What I Need to Do"Greatest Hits No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems "Young" · "The Good Stuff" · "A Lot of Things Different" · "Big Star" · "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"When the Sun Goes Down "There Goes My Life" · "When the Sun Goes Down" · "I Go Back" · "The Woman with You" · "Anything but Mine" · "Keg in the Closet"The Road and the Radio Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates Lucky Old Sun "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (w/ The Wailers) · "Down the Road" (w/ Mac McAnally)Greatest Hits II Hemingway's Whiskey "The Boys of Fall" · "Somewhere with You" · "Live a Little" · "You and Tequila" (w/ Grace Potter) · "Reality"Guest singles "Every Other Weekend" (w/ Reba McEntire)See also Categories:- 1996 singles
- Kenny Chesney songs
- Songs written by Skip Ewing
- Songs produced by Barry Beckett
- BNA Records singles
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