I Loved Her First

I Loved Her First is the debut and only studio album by American country music band Heartland. Issued in 2006, it features the single "I Loved Her First", a number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Also released from this album were the singles "Built to Last" (number 58 on Hot Country Songs) and "Let's Get Dirty" (failed to chart). The track "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" is a cover of Ronnie Milsap's Number One country hit from 1981.

I Loved Her First
Studio album by Heartland
Released	October 10, 2006
Genre	Country
Label	Lofton Creek
Producer	Walt Aldridge
Singles from I Loved Her First
"I Loved Her First" Released: June 5, 2006 "Built to Last" Released: 2007 "Let's Get Dirty" Released: 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Country Standard Time	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Boys Like Us"	Mike Geiger, Brad Martin, Frank J. Myers	3:42
2.	"Play Hurt"	Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler, James LeBlanc	3:38
3.	"You"	Jason Sellers, Ray Stephenson	3:32
4.	"Built to Last"	Elliott Park	4:14
5.	"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"	Aldridge, Tom Brasfield	3:03
6.	"Let's Get Dirty"	Aldridge, Anthony Little, Keith Ridenour	4:07
7.	"Too Country"	Neal Coty, Jon Henderson	3:21
8.	"Freebird in a Firebird"	Brandy Clark, Mark Narmore	3:51
9.	"I Loved Her First"	Aldridge, Park	3:32
10.	"Mississippi Mud"	Aldridge, Rodney Clawson	3:26
11.	"Judge a Man by the Woman"	Don Poythress, Barry Dean	4:22

Personnel

Heartland

• Jason Albert – lead vocals
• Craig Anderson – acoustic guitar
• Todd Anderson – drums
• Chuck Crawford – fiddle, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Mike Myerson – lead guitar
• Keith West – bass guitar, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Walt Aldridge
• Jim "Moose" Brown
• J. T. Corenflos
• Glen Duncan
• Larry Franklin
• Mark Matejka
• Danny Parks

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position US Billboard 200[2] 11 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 3 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 66 Chart (2007) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 64

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
2006	"I Loved Her First"	1	34
2007	"Built to Last"	58	—
	"Let's Get Dirty"	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Burke, Ken. "Heartland - I Loved Her First". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
2. "Heartland (dupe 1) Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
3. "Heartland (dupe 1) Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
4. "Heartland (dupe 1) Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
6. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

External links

• I Loved Her First at Allmusic