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A Good Man (song)

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"A Good Man"
Single by Emerson Drive
from the album Countrified
B-side"Moments"
ReleasedMarch 13, 2006
GenreCountry, country rock
Length3:04
LabelMidas
Songwriter(s)Victoria Shaw, Adrienne Follesé, Keith Follesé
Producer(s)Brad Allen, Keith Follesé[1]
Emerson Drive singles chronology
"Still Got Yesterday"
(2005)
"A Good Man"
(2006)
"Countrified Soul"
(2006)

"A Good Man" is a song written by Victoria Shaw, Keith Follesé and Adrienne Follesé, and recorded by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive. It was released in March 2006 as the first single from their album Countrified. The song reached the Top 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2006, peaking at number 17.

Content

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The narrator is a man reflecting on what he wants people to think of him after he dies.

Music video

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The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann, and premiered on CMT in the summer of 2006. It was filmed primarily at Hoffmeyer's Mill in Sebringville, Ontario, Canada.

Personnel

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  • Brad Mates - lead vocals
  • Danick Dupelle - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Melancon - drums
  • Patrick Bourque - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Dale Wallace - keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Pichette - fiddle

Charts

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Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 17
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[3] 20

References

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  1. ^ Countrified (CD Booklet). Emerson Drive. Midas Records. 2006. 881529008827.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Emerson Drive Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.