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Wanna Be Your Joe (2006)

Where the lyrics of Wanna Be Your Joe take you, and where it was really made.

The album sold well and reached the Billboard 200, yet neither of its two singles made the U.S. country chart.

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Wanna Be Your Joe: ninth studio album by country artist Billy Ray Cyrus
Released July 17, 2006 on New Door Records and UMe
Cyrus' first country album since Southern Rain in 2000
His first non-gospel album in three years
Debuted at number 24 on Top Country Albums, number 113 on the Billboard 200, and number 118 on Top Comprehensive Albums
Sold well, but no hit single came from it
Title track and 'I Want My Mullet Back' released as singles; neither charted on Hot Country Songs

Album debut credited to Cyrus' exposure from Hannah Montana
Guest collaborations: daughter Miley Cyrus on 'Stand', and George Jones and Loretta Lynn on 'Country Music Has the Blues'
'The Freebird Fell' co-written with Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King and drummer Artimus Pyle
Mark Collie contributes to 'What About Us'
Two hidden tracks: 'Without You', originally on Southern Rain, and 'One Night'
'One Night' was originally a UK Singles Chart number-one for Elvis Presley in 1958

Born William Ray Cyrus on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky; American singer, songwriter and actor.
Debut album Some Gave All (1992) topped the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums; certified 9× multi-platinum in the US and sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
Lead single "Achy Breaky Heart" topped the Hot Country Songs chart and became a global hit, spreading the line dance into the mainstream.
Moved from Mercury Records to Monument Records in 1999, then to New Door/UMe, Walt Disney Records and Lyric Street Records.
Starred in the PAX series Doc (2001–2004), Disney Channel's Hannah Montana (2006–2011) with daughter Miley Cyrus, and CMT's Still the King (2016–2017).

Featured on the remix of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 19 consecutive weeks there.
The song won Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video.

Married Cindy Smith (1986–1991), then Leticia "Tish" Finley; the couple raised several children together.
Married Australian singer Firerose in 2023; divorce finalized in August 2024.

AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5
AllMusic said the album had been labored over and revised
AllMusic described a collection of romantic ballads: 'Wanna Be Your Joe', 'I Wouldn't Be Me', 'What About Us', 'I Wonder', 'Lonely Wins', 'How've Ya Been', and 'Ole What's Her Name'
These ballads run from sincere pledges of commitment to expressions of frustration and outright kiss-offs

Debuted at number 24 on Billboard Top Country Albums, and stayed at the peak position for two consecutive weeks
Number 113 on the Billboard 200; number 118 on Top Comprehensive Albums
Charted despite no hit single being released to country radio
Title track released June 6, 2006; failed to chart on the country charts
'I Want My Mullet Back' released later in 2006; also failed to chart
Cyrus left New Door Records by the end of 2006 and signed with Walt Disney Records, due to the lackluster success of the album and its singles

'Country Music Has the Blues' was co-written with Cyrus' son Trace Cyrus, lead singer of the pop group Metro Station
'Stand' with Miley Cyrus was made into a music video but was not released as a single
'The Freebird Fell' was co-written with Ed King and Artimus Pyle, both tied to Lynyrd Skynyrd
'Without You' was originally on Cyrus' 2000 album Southern Rain and was not released as a single
'One Night' is the second hidden track; Elvis Presley had a 1958 UK number one with it
Cyrus left New Door Records by the end of 2006 and signed with Walt Disney Records