Shot Full of Love is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. It features the single "Busy Man", which peaked at number 3 in early 1999, becoming Cyrus's first Top Ten country hit since "Somebody New" in 1993. The album's title song is a cover of a song written by songwriter Bob McDill and originally recorded by Juice Newton in 1981, in 1983 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a number 73-peaking single in 1990 for Jennifer McCarter and The McCarters. "Time for Letting Go" is a cover of the 1990 Jude Cole hit. "Missing You" was originally recorded by Canadian country music singer Calvin Wiggett in 1995. This was also Cyrus’s last studio album for the Mercury Records label. The album sold more than 220,000 copies worldwide. After that album's release, Billy Ray Cyrus left Mercury Records for Monument Records in 1999.
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| Released | November 3, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 41:26 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | John Kelton, Keith Stegall | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [1] |
Track listing
edit| # | Title | Length | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "How's My World Treatin' You" | 4:17 | Jerry Laseter, Linda Buell, Kerry Kurt Phillips |
| 2. | "Under the Hood" | 2:50 | Al Anderson, Bob DiPiero |
| 3. | "Give My Heart to You" | 3:49 | Walt Aldridge, DiPiero |
| 4. | "Busy Man" | 3:17 | Bob Regan, George Teren |
| 5. | "Shot Full of Love" (Juice Newton cover) | 4:24 | Bob McDill |
| 6. | "Rock This Planet" | 2:32 | Joe Collins, Michael White |
| 7. | "Missing You" (Calvin Wiggett cover) | 3:22 | Rick Giles, Susan Longacre |
| 8. | "Touchy Subject" | 4:08 | Michael Lunn, Gordon Bradberry |
| 9. | "His Shoes" | 4:00 | Keith Stegall, Carson Chamberlain, Gary Harrison |
| 10. | "Time for Letting Go" (Jude Cole cover) | 4:14 | Jude Cole |
| 11. | "The American Dream" | 4:33 | Stegall, Harrison |
Chart performance
editAlbums
edit| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Top Country Albums | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 32 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||||||
| 1998 | "Time for Letting Go" | 70 | — | — | |||||
| "Busy Man" | 3 | 46 | 5 | ||||||
| 1999 | "Give My Heart to You" | 41 | — | 63 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart | |||||||||
Personnel
editMain Musicians
edit- Billy Ray Cyrus - lead vocals, background vocals
- J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar
- Mark Douthit - saxophone
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
- Owen Hale - drums
- Jimmy Hall - background vocals
- Mike Henderson - electric guitar
- Dann Huff - electric guitar
- Paul Leim - drums
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Dave Pomeroy - bass guitar
- Gary Prim - keyboards
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Bruce Watkins - banjo
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- John Willis - acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar