Wanna Be Your Joe

Infobox Album |
Name = Wanna Be Your Joe
Type = studio
Artist = Billy Ray Cyrus


Released = July 17, 2006
Genre = Country
Length = 52:34
Label = New Door
Producer = Billy Ray Cyrus
Reviews = *AMG Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfpxqedld6e link]
*Slant Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=907 link]
Last album = "The Definitive Collection
(2004)"
This album = "Wanna Be Your Joe
(2006)"
Next album = "Home at Last
(2007)"

"Wanna Be Your Joe" is the 9th studio album released from country music singer-songwriter, Billy Ray Cyrus on the New Door/UMe record label. Released on July 17, 2006, it was Cyrus' first country album since 2000's, "Southern Rain". It is also his first album of non-gospel music in three years. From Billy Ray's exposure on "Hannah Montana", the album debuted and peaked at #24 on the U.S. "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and #113 on the Billboard 200. The album sold well, but no hit single was released. The only song, however, was the title track, which was released to radio in May 2006, but failed to enter the Hot Country Songs chart.

The album features colloborations with Cyrus' daughter, Miley Cyrus, and a song with George Jones and Loretta Lynn. The song with Miley, "Stand", was made into a music video, but not released. "Country Music Has the Blues" was a the song with George and Loretta; it was co-written with Cyrus' son, Trace Cyrus, lead singer for the pop group, Metro Station.

Track listing

* All songs were written by Billy Ray Cyrus except where noted.
# "Wanna Be Your Joe" – 3:14
# "I Want My Mullet Back" – 3:20
# "The Man" – 3:28 (Billy Ray Cyrus, Paul Abraham)
# "I Wouldn't Be Me" – 4:13 (Billy Ray Cyrus, Jeff Tweel)
# "What About Us" – 3:04 (Cyrus, Terry Shelton, Mark Collie)
# "Country Music Has the Blues" – 2:57 (Cyrus, Trace Cyrus)
#*feat. George Jones and Loretta Lynn
# "The Freebird Fell" – 5:01 (Cyrus, Ed King, Artimus Pyle)
# "I Wonder" – 3:48
# "Lonely Wins" – 3:31
# "How've Ya Been" – 3:21
# "Ole What's Her Name" – 4:27
# "Hey Daddy" – 3:48
# "Stand" – 4:42 (Cyrus, Andy Dodd, Adam Watts)
#*feat. Miley Cyrus
# "A Pain in the Gas" – 3:52
#*bonus track

Chart positions

Album

ingles

*^A Failed to chart.