Somewhere Down in Texas

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Somewhere Down in Texas
Studio album by George Strait
Released	June 28, 2005
Genre	Country
Length	38:84
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	George Strait Tony Brown
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
George Strait chronology
Honkytonkville (2003) Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) Strait Hits (2006)

Somewhere Down in Texas is an album by American country music singer George Strait. This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200. Singles released from it were, in order: "You'll Be There", which peaked at #4 on Hot Country Songs; "She Let Herself Go", which became Strait's 40th Billboard Number One hit on the country charts; and a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Seashores of Old Mexico", which peaked at #11. "Texas" also charted at #35 on Hot Country Songs from unsolicited airplay.

[edit] Track listing

1. "If the Whole World Was a Honky Tonk" (Bryan Simpson, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby) – 4:07
2. "Somewhere Down in Texas" (Dana Hunt Black, Tim Ryan Rouillier, Charlie Black) – 3:55
3. "The Seashores of Old Mexico" (Merle Haggard) – 4:11
4. "You'll Be There" (Cory Mayo) – 4:18
5. "High Tone Woman" (Leslie Satcher, Rouillier) – 2:52
6. "Good News, Bad News" (Dean Dillon, Dale Dodson, Lee Ann Womack) – 3:22
   • duet with Lee Ann Womack
7. "Oh, What a Perfect Day" (Monty Holmes, Buddy Brock, Jeff Silvey) – 3:29
8. "Texas" (Steven Dale Jones, Phillip White) – 3:04
9. "Ready for the End of the World" (Clint Daniels, Tony Martin) – 3:51
10. "She Let Herself Go" (Dillon, Kerry Kurt Phillips) – 3:18
11. "By the Light of a Burning Bridge" (Walt Aldridge, Michael White) – 3:17

[edit] Personnel

• Jaime Babbitt – background vocals (track 4)
• Robert Bailey – background vocals (track 4)
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Lisa Cochran – background vocals (track 4)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals (track 4)
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar (all tracks except 3), nylon string guitar (track 3)
• Steve Nathan – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, piano
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (track 3)
• Chris Rodriguez – background vocals (track 4)
• Matt Rollings – piano, synthesizer
• Marty Slayton – background vocals
• George Strait – lead vocals, background vocals
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
• Casey Wood – percussion (track 4)
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar (all tracks except 3, 5), upright bass (track 5)

Strings on tracks 2, 3, 4, and 6 performed by the Nashville String Machine and contracted by Carl Gorodetzky.

[edit] Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	1
2005	Top Country Albums	1
2005	Top Internet Albums	1
2006	Top Country Albums	1

Preceded by X&Y by Coldplay

Billboard 200 number-one album July 16 - July 22, 2005

Succeeded by TP-3: Reloaded by R. Kelly