I Will Stand

I Will Stand is the fourth album of country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on July 15, 1997 on BNA Records. "She's Got It All" was the album's first single, as well as Chesney's first Number One single on the Billboard country music charts. "A Chance", "That's Why I'm Here" and "I Will Stand" were all released as singles as well, peaking at number 11, number 2, and number 27, respectively, on the country charts. Also included is an acoustic rendition of Chesney's 1996 single "When I Close My Eyes". It is his first certified Gold album. This was Kenny's last album to have a neotraditional country sound before developing a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound.

I Will Stand
Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released	July 15, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	40:05
Label	BNA
Producer	Buddy Cannon Norro Wilson
Kenny Chesney chronology
Me and You (1996) I Will Stand (1997) Everywhere We Go (1999)
Singles from I Will Stand
"She's Got It All" Released: May 17, 1997[1] "A Chance" Released: September 14, 1997[1] "That's Why I'm Here" Released: March 1, 1998[1] "I Will Stand" Released: August 25, 1998[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five on AllMusic, proclaiming that Chesney began to find his musical personality on the album.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She's Got It All"	Craig Wiseman, Drew Womack	3:23
2.	"You Win, I Win, We Lose"	Buddy Brock, Kenny Chesney, Donny Kees	3:25
3.	"She Gets That Way"	Adam Hughes, Roger Brown	3:19
4.	"I Will Stand"	Mark Germino, Casey Beathard	3:25
5.	"That's Why I'm Here"	Mark Springer, Shaye Smith	4:01
6.	"Steamy Windows"	Tony Joe White	4:29
7.	"From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell" (featuring George Jones and Tracy Lawrence)	Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman	4:21
8.	"She Always Says It First"	Chesney, Dean Dillon	2:51
9.	"Lonely, Needin' Lovin'"	Chesney, Brock, Kees	3:33
10.	"A Chance"	Dillon, Royce Porter	3:41
11.	"When I Close My Eyes" (acoustic version)	Nettie Musick, Springer	3:38
Total length:			40:05

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Eddie Bayers – drums Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar Shannon Brown – background vocals Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar Melonie Cannon – background vocals Kenny Chesney – lead vocals Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin Sonny Garrish – Dobro, steel guitar Steve Gibson – electric guitar Rob Hajacos – fiddle Randy Howard – fiddle

Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson – harmonica George Jones – vocals on track 7 Tracy Lawrence – vocals on track 7 Brent Mason – electric guitar Rodger Morris – piano, synthesizer Farrell Morris – percussion Steve Nathan – synthesizer, vibraphone William "Ozzy" Osment – fiddle Larry Paxton – bass guitar

Matt Rollings – piano, Hammond B-3 organ John Wesley Ryles – background vocals Pete Wade – gut string guitar Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Dennis Wilson – background vocals Lonnie Wilson – drums Norro Wilson – percussion Curtis Young – background vocals Reggie Young – electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position US Billboard 200 95 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 10

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US CAN Country 1997 "She's Got It All" 1 110 1 "A Chance" 11 — 17 1998 "That's Why I'm Here" 2 79 9 "I Will Stand" 27 101 33 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. AOL Music single page for Kenny Chesney
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "I Will Stand – Kenny Chesney". Allmusic. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
3. "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – I Will Stand". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.