Old Enough to Know Better explained

Old Enough to Know Better
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wade Hayes
Cover:	wadehayes1.jpg
Released:	January 3, 1995
Recorded:	1994
Studio:	Soundshop A & B, Nashville, TN
Genre:	Country
Length:	33:36
Label:	Columbia Nashville
Producer:	Don Cook
Next Title:	On a Good Night
Next Year:	1996

Old Enough to Know Better is the debut studio album by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in its title track. The singles "I'm Still Dancin' with You," "Don't Stop," and "What I Meant to Say" were also Top Ten hits on the same chart. The album itself was certified gold by the RIAA for US shipments of 500,000 copies. The track "Steady as She Goes" was co-written by both members of Brooks & Dunn.

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• • Bruce Bouton – slide guitar, pedal steel guitar Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "electric hoedown tools"
• Wade Hayes – lead vocals, background vocals
• Mitch Humphries – piano (5)
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano (1-4, 6-10), Hammond organ (5)
• Patty Loveless – background vocals (4)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals (1-3, 5-10)
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals (1-3, 5-10)
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	33
Chart (1996)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	64

Sources

• Liner notes to Old Enough to Know Better. Columbia Records, 1995.

Notes and References

1. Old Enough to Know Better . Wade Hayes . 1995 . CD . Columbia Records . CK 66412.
2. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995. Billboard. February 25, 2021.
3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. April 25, 2021.