I Loved Her First

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

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Country Standard Time	[1]

I Loved Her First is the debut album of American country music band Heartland. Issued in 2006 as their only album, 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.

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

Album

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	11
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	1

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.

External links

• I Loved Her First at Allmusic