Something to Be Proud Of

"Something to Be Proud Of" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele and Chris Wallin, and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in May 2005 as the fourth and final single from their album You Do Your Thing. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on October 8, 2005.

Content

The father of the narrator compares the narrator's way of life as a father and a husband to his own achievements during the Desert Storm operation.^[2]

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He summarized his review by saying the song is a "warmed-over, second-rate John Mellencamp."^[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Wes Edwards and released on July 5, 2005.

Chart positions

"Something to Be Proud Of" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of May 21, 2005. It spent two weeks at number 1, making it the first single from Columbia Records Nashville to spend more than one week at the top since "Daddy's Money" by Ricochet in 1996.^[4]

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	41

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	17

References

↑ You Do Your Thing (CD booklet). Montgomery Gentry. Columbia Records. 2004. pp. 4–5. 90558.
↑ Randall, Alice; Carter Little; Courtney Little (2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 1-59555-860-8.
↑ Coyne, Kevin John (2005-05-21). "Montgomery Gentry - "Something to Be Proud Of"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 61. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
↑ "Montgomery Gentry – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Montgomery Gentry.
↑ "Montgomery Gentry – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Montgomery Gentry.
↑ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-16.

Preceded by "A Real Fine Place to Start" by Sara Evans	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single October 8 – October 15, 2005	Succeeded by "Better Life" by Keith Urban

Montgomery Gentry

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Studio albums	Tattoos & Scars Carrying On My Town You Do Your Thing Some People Change Back When I Knew It All Rebels on the Run Folks Like Us

Compilation albums	Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999–2005 For Our Heroes Playlist: The Very Best of Montgomery Gentry

Notable singles	"Hillbilly Shoes" "Lonely and Gone" "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm" "She Couldn't Change Me" "Cold One Comin' On" "My Town" "Speed" "Hell Yeah" "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" "You Do Your Thing" "Gone" "Something to Be Proud Of" "She Don't Tell Me To" "Some People Change" "Lucky Man" "What Do Ya Think About That" "Back When I Knew It All" "Roll with Me" "One in Every Crowd" "Long Line of Losers" "Where I Come From"

Guest singles	"The Truth About Men" (with Tracy Byrd, Blake Shelton and Andy Griggs)

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