A Thousand Different Ways

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A Thousand Different Ways

Studio album by Clay Aiken
Released	September 19, 2006
Recorded	2005 - 2006
Genre	Pop
Length	55:34
Label	RCA Records
Producer(s)	Jaymes Foster
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Clay Aiken chronology
Merry Christmas With Love (2004)	A Thousand Different Ways (2006)	All Is Well (2006)

A Thousand Different Ways is the third studio album by Clay Aiken. The album, which was executive produced by Jaymes Foster, consists of ten covers and four new songs. It was released by RCA on September 19, 2006. The first single is "Without You."

Writers of the four new songs include Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Jeremy Bose, Aldo Nova, Samuel Waermo, Mimmi Waermo and Aiken himself.

The album, selling 211,000 units in its first week, made its debut on the Billboard charts at #2 on the Billboard 200, #3 on Digital Albums and #1 on Internet Sales.

The album received RIAA Gold certification on November 2, 2006.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Song notes
2 Chart trajectory
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

Right Here Waiting^[1]
Lonely No More^[2]
Without You^[3]
Every Time You Go Away^[4]
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word^[5]
When I See You Smile^[6]
A Thousand Days^[7]
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You^[8]
Because You Loved Me^[9]
I Want To Know What Love Is^[10]
These Open Arms^[11]
Here You Come Again^[12]
Everything I Have^[13]
Broken Wings^[14]
Lover All Alone (iTunes Exclusive)^[15]

[edit] Song notes

↑ "Right Here Waiting" Written by: Richard Marx / Produced by: John Fields - 4:20
↑ "When I See You Smile" Written by: Diane Warren / Produced by: John Fields - 4:24
↑ "Without You" Written by: Thomas Evans, Peter Ham / Produced by: John Fields - 3:36
↑ "Lonely No More" Written by: Andreas Carlsson, Samuel Waermo, Mimmi Waermo & Clay Aiken / Produced by: Andreas Carlsson & Samuel Waermo - 3:27
↑ "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" Written by: Elton John & Bernie Taupin / Produced by: Per Magnusson & David Kreuger - 3:43
↑ "Everytime You Go Away" Written by: Daryl Hall / Produced by: Adam Anders - 4:08
↑ "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" Written by: Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange / Produced by: John Fields - 4:00
↑ "I Want to Know What Love Is" (guest vocal by Suzie McNeil) Written by: Michael Jones / Produced by: Russ Irwin, Marti Frederiksen & Charlton Pettus - 3:41
↑ "These Open Arms" Written by: Jon Bon Jovi & Desmond Childs / Produced by: John Fields - 3:27
↑ "Because You Loved Me" Written by: Diane Warren / Produced by: Eman - 4:43
↑ "Here You Come Again" Written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil / Produced by: Adam Anders - 3:32
↑ "Everything I Have," (featuring William Joseph on piano) Written by: Jeremy Bose / Produced by Humberto Gatica - 4:07
↑ "A Thousand Days" Written by: Christian Leuzzi, Aldo Nova & Emanuel Olsson / Produced by: John Fields - 4:28
↑ "Broken Wings" Written by: Richard Page, John Lang & Steve George / Produced by: Eman - 3:58
↑ "Lover All Alone" Written by: Clay Aiken & David Foster - 4:57

On his 2005 Juke Box Tour, Aiken previewed 3 other songs that did not make the final album cut. "Back For More" was sung at every concert date after it's introduction at GMA's Summer Concert Series in 2005.^[1] "Tears Run Dry" and "Just You" each got one third of the JBT performance dates.