Let's Be Us Again (song)

"Let's Be Us Again"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Let's Be Us Again
Released	March 1, 2004
Format	CD Single
Genre	Country
Length	3:53
Label	BNA
Writer(s)	Richie McDonald, Maribeth Derry, Tommy Lee James
Producer(s)	Dann Huff
Lonestar singles chronology
"Walking in Memphis" (2003) "Let's Be Us Again" (2004) "Mr. Mom" (2004)

"Let's Be Us Again" is a song recorded by American country music group Lonestar. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It was released in March 2004 as the first single and title track from their album Let's Be Us Again. Then-lead singer Richie McDonald co-wrote the song with Maribeth Derry and Tommy Lee James.^[1]

Content

The song is a mid-tempo mostly accompanied by piano. Its narrator is a man who has done something wrong in his relationship with a woman. He says hurtful things, and makes her cry, and then he realized how close he comes to losing her, and asks the girl if he can make things normal again, and if she'll forgive him.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 43 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated March 6, 2004. It charted for 21 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 4 on the chart dated June 26, 2004, in addition to peaking at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	4
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	38

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	23

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
2. "Lonestar – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lonestar.
3. "Lonestar – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Lonestar.
4. "Best of 2004: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012.