Songs About Me

Songs About Me is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on March 22, 2005, via Capitol Records Nashville. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA and had sold 1.5 million copies. Singles from this album include the title track, "Arlington", and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk". The title track and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" both went to No.2 and "Arlington" went to No.16 on the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs charts. "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" was also a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts as well.

The track "Metropolis" was originally recorded by Anthony Smith on his 2003 album If That Ain't Country, and Sammy Kershaw on his 2003 album I Want My Money Back.

Personnel

 * Trace Adkins - lead vocals
 * Larry Beaird - acoustic guitar
 * Bruce Bouton - dobro, pedal steel guitar
 * Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
 * Pat Buchanan - electric guitar
 * Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
 * Perry Coleman - background vocals
 * J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar
 * Eric Darken - percussion
 * Chip Davis - background vocals
 * Paul Franklin - dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
 * Wes Hightower - background vocals
 * Dann Huff - electric guitar, soloist
 * Jeff King - electric guitar
 * Liana Manis - background vocals
 * Brent Mason - electric guitar
 * Greg Morrow - percussion, drums
 * Gordon Mote - synthesizer, piano, Hammond organ
 * Nashville String Machine - strings
 * Steve Nathan - piano, keyboards, Hammond organ
 * Mickey Raphael - harmonica
 * John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
 * Scotty Sanders - pedal steel guitar
 * Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar
 * DeWayne Strobel - electric guitar
 * Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
 * Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar
 * Dennis Wilson - background vocals
 * Lonnie Wilson - drums
 * Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, mandolin

Chart performance
Songs About Me was a No.1 album on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart for the week of April 9–15, 2005. It became a No.11 one on the U.S. Billboard 200 that same year.