Born Here Live Here Die Here

Born Here Live Here Die Here is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released on August 7, 2020,[3] by Capitol Nashville. The album includes the singles "Knockin' Boots", "What She Wants Tonight", "One Margarita", and "Down to One".[4]

Born Here Live Here Die Here
Studio album by Luke Bryan
Released	August 7, 2020
Genre	Country
Length	33:44
Label	Capitol Nashville Row Crop
Producer	Jeff Stevens Jody Stevens
Luke Bryan chronology
What Makes You Country (2017) Born Here Live Here Die Here (2020)
Singles from Born Here Live Here Die Here
"Knockin' Boots" Released: April 8, 2019 "What She Wants Tonight" Released: October 24, 2019 "One Margarita" Released: April 13, 2020[1] "Down to One" Released: October 19, 2020[2]

The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the US Top Country Albums charts, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units (of which 48,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.[5]

Background

"Knockin' Boots" was released on April 8, 2019[6][7] as the debut single from Bryan's seventh studio album. "What She Wants Tonight" was released on October 24, 2019[8] as the second single. In January 2020 during an Instagram Live video, Bryan announced the name of the album would be Born Here Live Here Die Here.[9] In February 2020, Bryan released the title track, the album's track listing and announced it would be released on April 24, 2020.[10][11][12] On March 13, 2020, "One Margarita" was released,[13] and it would later be sent to country radio on April 13, 2020,[1] after Capitol Nashville and Bryan postponed the album's release to August 7, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][14] On June 12, 2020, Bryan released the track "Build Me A Daddy"[15] along with a music video for the song.[16]

Commercial performance

Born Here Live Here Die Here debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units (of which 48,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.[5] This became Bryan's eleventh US top-ten album.[5] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming Bryan's ninth number one album on this chart.[5]

Track listing

All tracks and album metadata adapted from Apple Music.[17]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Knockin' Boots"	Hillary Lindsey Jon Nite Gordie Sampson	3:20
2.	"What She Wants Tonight"	Luke Bryan Ross Copperman Lindsey Nite	3:07
3.	"Born Here Live Here Die Here"	Jake Mitchell Jameson Rodgers Josh Thompson	3:46
4.	"One Margarita"	Michael Carter Matt Dragstrem Thompson	3:13
5.	"Too Drunk to Drive"	Bryan Carter Brandon Kinney	3:27
6.	"Build Me a Daddy"	Mitchell Thompson Brett Tyler	3:09
7.	"Little Less Broken"	Carter Lindsay Rimes Matt Rogers	3:19
8.	"For a Boat"	Randy Montana Thompson Mike Walker	3:29
9.	"Where Are We Goin'"	Bryan Brent Cobb	3:13
10.	"Down to One"	Dallas Davidson Justin Ebach Kyle Fishman	3:41
Total length:			33:44

Deluxe Edition[18]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Country Does"
12.	"Drink A Little Whiskey Down"
13.	"Waves"
14.	"Bill Dance"
15.	"Up"
16.	"Floatin’ This Creek"

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic[19]

• Luke Bryan - lead vocals
• Perry Coleman - background vocals
• J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar
• David Dorn - keyboards
• Eddy Dunlap - pedal steel guitar
• Kyle Fishman - programming
• Mark Hill - bass guitar
• Evan Hutchings - drums
• Charlie Judge - keyboards
• Rob McNelley - electric guitar
• Jake Mitchell - electric guitar
• Greg Morrow - drums
• Chancie Neal - background vocals
• Matt Rogers - background vocals
• Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
• Jody Stevens - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming
• Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar
• Derek Wells - electric guitar
• John Willis - acoustic guitar, mandolin

Charts

Weekly charts Chart performance for Born Here Live Here Die Here Chart (2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 2 Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[21] 1 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] 5 Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 32 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 14 UK Country Albums (OCC)[25] 3 US Billboard 200[26] 5 US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[27] 2 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[28] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Born Here Live Here Die Here Chart (2020) Position Australian Top Country Albums (ARIA)[29] 10 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[30] 39

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