Some Gave All Explained

Some Gave All
Type:studio
Artist:Billy Ray Cyrus
Cover:Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All.jpg
Recorded:1991–1992
Studio:Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:35:42
Label:Mercury
Producer:
Next Title:It Won't Be the Last
Next Year:1993

Some Gave All is the debut studio album by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It was his first album for Mercury Records in 1992 and became the best selling album of that year in the United States, selling over 9 million copies in the first 12 months of release. It produced four hit singles on the Billboard country charts. The first of these was Cyrus's breakthrough song "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the charts in several countries. In the US it was a five-week number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, as well as a top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia and was the best-selling single of 1992 in the same country.[1] [2] Thanks to the video of the song, there was an explosion of line dancing into the mainstream, becoming a craze.[3] [4] [5] [6] The song earned Grammy Award nominations for Cyrus in the categories Record of the Year and Best Country Vocal Performance, Male. That same year, Cyrus also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist. "Achy Breaky Heart" was originally recorded as "Don't Tell My Heart" by The Marcy Brothers on their 1991 self-titled album.

"Could've Been Me", "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" and "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" were also released as singles, peaking at numbers 2, 23, and 6, respectively, on the country charts. The title track also reached number 52 based on unsolicited airplay and Cyrus' cover of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" charted only outside the United States.

Critical reception

Reviewing for The Village Voice in December 1992, Robert Christgau was critical of Cyrus for "oversinging like Michael Bolton at a Perot rally" throughout the album and for celebrating warfare in the title song. However, he offered some approval of Cyrus's "nice macho self-mockery" on "Achy Breaky Heart", "Wher'm I Gonna Live?", and "I'm So Miserable", concluding that with time he may develop into a 21st-century version of Waylon Jennings.[7]

In 2006, Some Gave All ranked at number 33 in Q magazine's list of "The 50 Worst Albums Ever!"[8]

Commercial performance

Overall, the album is his most successful album to date, which has been certified 9× Multi-Platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist at number one on the Billboard 200 (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the SoundScan era.[9] [10] It is the only album (from any genre) in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at number one and is also the top-ranking debut album by a country artist. It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by only one country album in history, Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks.[11] Some Gave All was also the first debut album to enter at the number 1 in the Billboard Country Albums chart.[12] The album has also sold more than 20 million copies worldwide[13] and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo artist and remains one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Some Gave All was also the best-selling album of 1992 in the US with 4.7 million copies sold.[14] As of April 2019 the album has sold 7.5 million copies in United States according to Nielsen Music.[15]

Personnel

Adapted credits from the media notes of Some Gave All.[16]

Sly Dog

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Some Gave All
Chart (1992–1995)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[17] 1
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[18] 1
Danish Albums (IFPI)[19] 9
European Albums (IFPI)[20] 18
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[21] 20
French Albums (IFOP)[22] 33
Irish Albums (IFPI)[23] 9
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[24] 7
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[25] 40

Year-end charts

1992 Year-end chart performance for Some Gave All
Chart (1992)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 9
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[27] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 24
US Billboard 200[29] 4

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertifications
US Country
[32] 		US
CAN CountryCAN
[33] [34] 		AUS
[35] 		GER
[36] 		IRE
[37] 		NL
[38] 		NZ
[39] 		UK
[40]
1992"Achy Breaky Heart"141416222313
"Could've Been Me"27217243591528724
"Wher'm I Gonna Live?"23—16———————
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"———————274263
1993"She's Not Cryin' Anymore"6703———————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: ACHY BREAKY START BRUISED BY THE CRITICS, BILLY RAY CYRUS IS COMING BACK FOR MORE . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24305208.html?dids=24305208:24305208&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04,+1993&author=Jack+Hurst,+Country+music+writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ACHY+BREAKY+START+BRUISED+BY+THE+CRITICS,+BILLY+RAY+CYRUS+IS+COMING+BACK+FOR+MORE&pqatl=google . dead . November 3, 2012 . 1993-07-04 . Chicago Tribune . 2010-07-25 . Jack . Hurst.
  2. Web site: ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1992 . ARIA . 2010-07-25.
  3. News: Line dancing refuses to go out of style . 1992-10-30 . Star-News . 2010-08-12.
  4. News: Stepping to country fun . 1993-04-17 . The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City) . 2010-08-12.
  5. Web site: Cyrus sets off dance craze . 1994-07-25 . The Daily Courier . 2010-08-12.
  6. News: This time around, the country craze proves to have some staying power . 1995-06-13 . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . 2010-08-12.
  7. News: Christgau. Robert. Robert Christgau. December 1, 1992. Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot. The Village Voice. August 28, 2020. robertchristgau.com.
  8. May 2006. The 50 Worst Albums Ever!. Q. Bauer Media Group. 238.
  9. Book: Billy Ray Cyrus Explores His Gospel 'Side' . 2003-10-18 . Billboard Magazine . 2009-06-29.
  10. Web site: Mariah Carey Can't Stop Taylor Swift . 2009-01-28 . Yahoo! . 2009-06-29.
  11. Web site: Chart Watch Extra: Ropin' The Biggest Country Hits . 2008-10-07 . Yahoo! . 2009-10-17.
  12. News: COUNTRIFIED KATHY MATTEA IS BACK IN VOICE WITH 'LONESOME STANDARD TIME' . https://archive.today/20121208145335/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78489705.html?dids=78489705:78489705&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16,+1992&author=Jack+Hurst,+Chicago+Tribune&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=COUNTRIFIED+KATHY+MATTEA+IS+BACK+IN+VOICE+WITH+'LONESOME+STANDARD+TIME'&pqatl=google . dead . December 8, 2012 . 1992-10-16 . OrlandoSentinel . 2010-07-25 . Jack . Hurst.
  13. Billy Ray Cyrus Goes 'The Distance' – Premiere. Rolling Stone. Beville. Dunkerley. 2 June 2014. 17 April 2019.
  14. News: Philips . Chuck . January 5, 1993 . Cyrus, Brooks Give Their All to Record Sales . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California . March 3, 2017 .
  15. No Artist Has Ever Had a Career on the Billboard Charts Like Billy Ray Cyrus. Billboard. Andrew. Unterberger. 16 April 2019. 17 April 2019.
  16. Some Gave All. Billy Ray Cyrus. 1992. Mercury. media notes. 314-510 635-2.
  17. Issue date August 1, 1992. RPM. 1992-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011092416/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2023&volume=56&issue=5&issue_dt=August%2001%201992&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=61e1mpj235n7ir5ko6e4v47ad4. 2012-10-11. dead. 20 November 2024.
  18. Issue date April 7, 1992. RPM. 1992-04-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011092355/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1989&volume=56&issue=1&issue_dt=April%2007%201992&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=61e1mpj235n7ir5ko6e4v47ad4. October 11, 2012. 20 November 2024.
  19. Top 10 Sales in Europe – Denmark. Music & Media. 21 November 1992. 20 November 2024.
  20. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 3 October 1992. 12 September 2024.
  21. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
  22. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – C. Infodisc.fr. fr. 20 November 2024. Select Billy Ray Cyrus from the menu, then press OK.
  23. Top 10 Sales in Europe – Ireland. Music & Media. 3 October 1992. 20 November 2024.
  24. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
  25. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  26. Web site: ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts– Top 50 Albums 1992. Australian Recording Industry Association. November 22, 2024. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225642/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1992.htm. live.
  27. The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992. RPM. 56. 25. 13. December 19, 1992. November 22, 2024. February 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225045251/http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+56-No.+25-December+19%2C+1992.pdf. live.
  28. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1992. Recorded Music NZ. November 22, 2024. January 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020640/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3881. live.
  29. Web site: Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1992. BestSellingAlbums.org. November 22, 2024.
  30. Web site: Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1993. BestSellingAlbums.org. November 22, 2024.
  31. Book: Geoff Mayfield . 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . . December 25, 1999 . October 15, 2010.
  32. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1571|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Billy Ray Cyrus > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))]. Allmusic. 2010-02-06.
  33. Issue date July 25, 1992. RPM. 1992-07-25. 2010-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017214532/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2022&volume=56&issue=4&issue_dt=July%2025%201992&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=u3ei68iopuap3s4j9ds1vmhr66. 2012-10-17. dead.
  34. Issue date October 31, 1992. RPM. 1992-10-31. 2010-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017214541/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1890&volume=56&issue=18&issue_dt=October%2031%201992&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=u3ei68iopuap3s4j9ds1vmhr66. 2012-10-17. dead.
  35. Web site: Billy Ray Cyrus – Australian Singles Chart . australian-charts.com . 2010-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011130426/http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=billy%2Bray%2Bcyrus&cat=s . 2012-10-11 .
  36. Web site: Billy Ray Cyrus German charts. Musicline: Media Control Charts. 2010-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009135802/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/CYRUS,BILLY+RAY/?type=single. 2012-10-09. dead.
  37. Web site: Billy Ray Cyrus in the Irish Charts . The Irish Charts – All there is to know . 2010-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125210/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement . 2011-07-21 .
  38. Web site: Billy Ray Cyrus – Dutch Top 40 Chart. top40.nl. 2010-04-02.
  39. Web site: Billy Ray Cyrus – New Zealand Singles Chart . charts.nz . 2010-08-01 .
  40. Web site: The Official Charts Company – Billy Ray Cyrus. Official Charts Company. 2010-02-06.
  41. Web site: RIAA singles for "Achy Breaky Heart" . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155220/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Billy%20Ray%20Cyrus&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50 . dead . 2015-09-24 . . 2009-10-31 .
  42. Web site: BPI certification results . . 2010-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928014038/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx . September 28, 2011 .

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