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] A deluxe edition with six extra songs, including the album's fifth single "Waves" and its sixth single, "Up", was released on April 9, 2021.[5]

Born Here Live Here Die Here
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)
GenreCountry
Length33:44
Label
Producer
Luke Bryan chronology
What Makes You Country
(2017)
Born Here Live Here Die Here
(2020)
Singles from Born Here Live Here Die Here
  1. "Knockin' Boots"
    Released: April 8, 2019
  2. "What She Wants Tonight"
    Released: October 24, 2019
  3. "One Margarita"
    Released: April 13, 2020[1]
  4. "Down to One"
    Released: October 19, 2020[2]
"Born Here Live Here Die Here (Deluxe Edition)"
Cover for deluxe edition.
Singles from Born Here Live Here Die Here (Deluxe Edition)
  1. "Waves"
    Released: April 12, 2021
  2. "Up"
    Released: October 11, 2021

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.[6]

Background edit

"Knockin' Boots" was released on April 8, 2019[7][8] as the debut single from Bryan's seventh studio album. "What She Wants Tonight" was released on October 24, 2019[9] 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.[10] In February 2020, Bryan released the title track, the album's track listing and announced it would be released on April 24, 2020.[11][12][13] On March 13, 2020, "One Margarita" was released,[14] 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][15] On June 12, 2020, Bryan released the track "Build Me a Daddy"[16] along with a music video for the song.[17]

Commercial performance edit

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.[6] This became Bryan's eleventh US top-ten album.[6] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming Bryan's ninth number one album on this chart.[6]

Track listing edit

Born Here Live Here Die Here track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Knockin' Boots"3:20
2."What She Wants Tonight"3:07
3."Born Here Live Here Die Here"3:46
4."One Margarita"
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"3:29
9."Where Are We Goin'"3:13
10."Down to One"
3:41
Total length:33:44
Deluxe edition[18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Country Does"3:48
12."Drink a Little Whiskey Down"
  • Bryan
  • Dragstrem
  • Thompson
3:16
13."Waves"3:48
14."Bill Dance"3:48
15."Up"
3:03
16."Floatin' This Creek"
3:24
Total length:54:51

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from Tidal.[19]

Musicians

Technical

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications for Born Here Live Here Die Here
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[34] Platinum 80,000
United States (RIAA)[35] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References edit

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