I Am That Man

"I Am That Man" is a song written by Terry McBride and Monty Powell, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in June 1996 as the second single released from their album Borderline. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "an earnest song of love and devotion that is marked by Ronnie Dunn's tender lead vocals." She goes on to say that the "production is gentle and understated, allowing Dunn to wrap his voice around the lyric and deliver a poignant interpretation."^[1]

Chart positions

"I Am That Man" debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 27, 1996. It fell out and re-entered at number 71 on the June 1, 1996 chart.

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	39
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	39

References

↑ Billboard, June 22, 1996
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9679." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 9, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brooks & Dunn singles

Brand New Man	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found"

Hard Workin' Man	"Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go"

Waitin' on Sundown	"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge"

Borderline	"My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You"

If You See Her	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "South of Santa Fe"

Tight Rope	"Missing You" "Beer Thirty" "You'll Always Be Loved by Me"

Steers & Stripes	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River"

Red Dirt Road	"Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"

The Greatest Hits Collection II	"That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe"

Cowboy Town	"Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)

#1s... and Then Some	"Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

See also	Discography

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