Hits Alive

Hits Alive
Hits Alive
Compilation album / Live Album by Brad Paisley
Released	November 2, 2010
Genre	Country
Length	114:01
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley chronology
Singles from Hits Alive
	"Anything Like Me"; Released: August 16, 2010;

Hits Alive is the first compilation album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. This album contains two CDs of a collection of Paisley's greatest hits spanning his entire career. The first disc contains studio versions, and the second disc contains live versions. It was released on November 2, 2010, on Arista Nashville. It sold 31,000 copies in its first week. As of the chart dated April 16, 2011, the album has sold 235,881 copies in the US.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Content

The album contains both studio versions as well as live versions of Paisley's greatest hits. Disc one contains studio versions of fourteen of his songs, including a special piano mix of "Then." Disc two contains live versions of eleven of his songs recorded while Paisley was on The H2O Tour 2010.

The only single from Hits Alive is "Anything Like Me," which first appeared on his 2009 album American Saturday Night. The song debuted on country radio on August 16, 2010.^[4]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Mud on the Tires"	Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois	Mud on the Tires	3:28
2.	"Ticks"	Paisley, Tim Owens, Kelley Lovelace	5th Gear	4:33
3.	"Anything Like Me"	DuBois, Paisley, Dave Turnbull	American Saturday Night	4:29
4.	"The World"	Paisley, Lovelace, Lee Thomas Miller	Time Well Wasted	4:01
5.	"Little Moments"	Paisley, DuBois	Mud on the Tires	3:39
6.	"When I Get Where I'm Going" (featuring Dolly Parton)	Rivers Rutherford, George Teren	Time Well Wasted	4:08
7.	"Celebrity"	Paisley	Mud on the Tires	3:43
8.	"Then" (Piano Mix)	Paisley, DuBois, Ashley Gorley	American Saturday Night	4:22
9.	"I'm Still a Guy"	Paisley, Lovelace, Miller	5th Gear	4:11
10.	"He Didn't Have to Be"	Paisley, Lovelace	Who Needs Pictures	4:42
11.	"Alcohol"	Paisley	Time Well Wasted	4:52
12.	"Whiskey Lullaby" (featuring Alison Krauss)	Bill Anderson, Jon Randall	Mud on the Tires	4:19
13.	"We Danced"	Paisley, DuBois	Who Needs Pictures	3:45
14.	"Online" (w/Live Outro)	Paisley, DuBois, Lovelace	5th Gear	4:50

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Water" (Live)	Paisley, DuBois, Lovelace	4:58
2.	"American Saturday Night" (Live)	Paisley, Lovelace, Gorley	4:40
3.	"Waitin' on a Woman" (Live)	Don Sampson, Wynn Varble	5:38
4.	"I'm Gonna Miss Her" (Live)	Paisley, Frank Rogers	3:48
5.	"Mud on the Tires" (Live)	Paisley, DuBois	4:24
6.	"She's Everything" (Live)	Paisley, Wil Nance	6:51
7.	"Time Warp" (Live, Instrumental)	Paisley, Rogers	4:38
8.	"Letter to Me" (Live)	Paisley	6:31
9.	"Then" (Live)	Paisley, DuBois, Gorley	6:22
10.	"Alcohol" (Live featuring Darius Rucker)	Paisley	6:25
11.	"Online" (Reprise)	Paisley, DuBois, Lovelace	0:51

Personnel

Tom Baldrica – tuba on "Online"
Eddie Bayers – drums
Ron Block – banjo
Brentwood High School Marching Band – marching band on "Online"
Jim "Moose" Brown – clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ, piano
Randle Currie – steel guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar, upright bass
James Gregory – bass guitar
Scott Hamilton and the 12 Steps – background vocals on "Alcohol"
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Jody Harris – electric guitar, background vocals
Bernie Herms – piano
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Gary Hooker – 12-string acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
Mike Johnson – dobro, steel guitar
Alison Krauss – viola and vocals on "Whiskey Lullaby"
Tim Lauer – keyboards
Kenny Lewis – bass guitar, background vocals
Mitch McMitchen – percussion
Kendall Marcy – banjo, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, background vocals
Gordon Mote – clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, music box on "I'm Still a Guy"
Brad Paisley – 12-string acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, Tic tac bass, lead vocals
Huck Paisley – vocals on "Anything Like Me"
Dolly Parton – vocals on "When I Get Where I'm Going"
Darius Rucker – vocals on "Alcohol (Live)"
Ben Sesar – drums
Bryan Sutton – mandolin
Dan Tyminski – background vocals on "Whiskey Lullaby"
Kris Wilkinson – viola
Justin Williamson – fiddle, mandolin, background vocals

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[5]	24
US Billboard 200^[6]	9
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US	CAN
2010	"Anything Like Me"	1	48	66

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Billboard 200^[8]	150
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	27
Chart (2019)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	95
Chart (2020)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	71

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[12]	Gold	40,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[13]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Brad Paisley Plans Double Album, Hits Alive, for Nov. 2 Release". CMT. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hits Alive review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
^ "Aldean Remains #1 on Album Charts this week". Roughstock. April 16, 2011. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
^ "Brad Paisley To Release "Hits Alive" On November 2". Country Music Is Love. August 3, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Brad Paisley – Hits Alive". Music Canada. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^ "American album certifications – Brad Paisley – Hits Alive". Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] "Brad Paisley Plans Double Album, Hits Alive, for Nov. 2 Release". CMT. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2010.

[allmusic-2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hits Alive review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.

[3] "Aldean Remains #1 on Album Charts this week". Roughstock. April 16, 2011. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.

[4] "Brad Paisley To Release "Hits Alive" On November 2". Country Music Is Love. August 3, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Brad_Paisley-5] "Brad Paisley Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[ac_Billboard200_Brad_Paisley-6] "Brad Paisley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Brad_Paisley-7] "Brad Paisley Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[8] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[9] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[10] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

[11] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[CanadaBrad_PaisleyHits_AlivealbumCertRef-12] "Canadian album certifications – Brad Paisley – Hits Alive". Music Canada. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

[United_StatesBrad_PaisleyHits_AlivealbumCertRef-13] "American album certifications – Brad Paisley – Hits Alive". Recording Industry Association of America.

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