American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II

American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II is the second compilation album by American country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released on December 4, 2007. Adkins was originally scheduled to release a new studio album on that day but said in a press release: "We were already under some extremely tight deadlines as it was to make the street week," said Adkins. "I just was not able to get it all done because, to be honest, a pressing career opportunity came my way that I really wanted to take advantage of. As a result, I simply ran out of time."[1]

American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 4, 2007 (2007-12-04)
GenreCountry
Length48:07
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerFrank Rogers
Trace Adkins chronology
Dangerous Man
(2006)
American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II
(2007)
X
(2008)
Singles from American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II
  1. "I Got My Game On"
    Released: August 2007
  2. "You're Gonna Miss This"
    Released: January 14, 2008

The album features three new songs, including the lead single "I Got My Game On", which was later utilized as the theme song to Howie Long's Tough Guys show during the FOX Super Bowl XLII pre-game show. "You're Gonna Miss This" was the album's second single. As the fastest-climbing single of his career, it was also his longest-lasting Number One, spending three weeks at that position on the Billboard country charts, in addition to reaching the Top 20 both on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts.

The album debuted at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 53,000 copies in its first week.[2]

The album also features "Chrome", which was previously featured on his first greatest hits record.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ladies Love Country Boys"Jamey Johnson, Rivers Rutherford, George Teren3:42
2."I Got My Game On" (previously unreleased)Jim Collins, Johnson, Teren3:10
3."You're Gonna Miss This" (previously unreleased)Ashley Gorley, Lee Thomas Miller3:44
4."Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"Dallas Davidson, Randy Houser, Johnson3:59
5."Hot Mama"Casey Beathard, Tom Shapiro3:19
6."Rough & Ready"Blair Mackichan, Brian Gene White, Craig Wiseman3:10
7."Arlington"Jeremy Spillman, Dave Turnbull4:09
8."Songs About Me"Shaye Smith, Ed Hill3:23
9."Chrome"Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Steele3:23
10."I Wanna Feel Something"Tony Lane, David Lee3:48
11."Swing"Frank Rogers, Chris Stapleton3:39
12."American Man" (previously unreleased)Tony Martin, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher4:13
13."I Came Here to Live"Lane4:28
Total length:48:07

Personnel on New Tracks

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Chart performance

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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US US
Pop
CAN
2007 "I Got My Game On" 34
2008 "You're Gonna Miss This" 1 12 19 11
  • US: 2× Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

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Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum

References

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  1. ^ "Trace Adkins Releases "American Man, Greatest Hits Volume II" On December 4". Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  2. ^ Katie Hasty, "Groban Ties Elvis With Third Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, December 12, 2007.
  3. ^ "Trace Adkins Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Trace Adkins Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Trace Adkins – American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II". Recording Industry Association of America.