And the Crowd Goes Wild

And the Crowd Goes Wild is the fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2003 as his last album for Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: the title track and "That's a Woman", which peaked at #29 and #40, respectively. The album itself peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts, and #68 on The Billboard 200.

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The title track was previously recorded by Jeffrey Steele on his 2002 album Somethin' in the Water, and later covered by PBR Allstars on their album Buck and Roll: Vol. 1. "Prisoner of the Highway" is a cover version of a song previously recorded by Ronnie Milsap, and features guest vocals from him. "What Hurts the Most" was later recorded by pop singer Jo O'Meara and country music trio Rascal Flatts, who released their versions in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Wills's version, though never released as a single itself, peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs charts in 2006. Additionally, "A Singer in a Band" was later recorded by Joe Nichols on his 2004 album Revelation.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"And the Crowd Goes Wild"	Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele	4:00
2.	"He's a Cowboy"	Wiseman, Dan Couch, P. J. Smith	3:10
3.	"That's a Woman"	Rivers Rutherford, Steven Dale Jones	2:43
4.	"Prisoner of the Highway" (duet with Ronnie Milsap)	Mike Reid	4:23
5.	"What Hurts the Most"	Steele, Steve Robson	3:47
6.	"What She Sees in Me"	Jimmy Ritchey, Chuck Jones	3:49
7.	"Married in Mexico"	Trey Bruce, Cory Mayo	4:47
8.	"Nothin' but a Suntan"	James T. Slater	3:51
9.	"How Bad Do You Want It"	Tom Shapiro, Mark Nesler, Tony Martin	3:28
10.	"I Just Close My Eyes"	Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo	4:51
11.	"A Singer in a Band"	Tim Mensy, Gary Harrison	3:15

Personnel

Tim Akers – keyboards
Kelly Archer – background vocals
Tommy Bass – background vocals
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
Jeff Hazard – background vocals
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Bruce Johnson – background vocals
Vanessa Lynch – background vocals
Aimee Mayo – background vocals
Cory Mayo – background vocals
Ronnie Milsap – duet vocals on "Prisoner of the Highway"
George Plaster – spoken commentary on "And the Crowd Goes Wild"
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Bruce Willingham – background vocals
Mark Wills – lead vocals
Lonnie Wilson – drums

Strings on "That's a Woman" and "What Hurts the Most" performed by the Nashville String Machine and conducted by Carl Gorodetzky.

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	68

References

^ Konicki Dinoia, Maria. And the Crowd Goes Wild at AllMusic

External links

And the Crowd Goes Wild (CD liner notes). Mark Wills. Mercury Records. 2003. 000101202.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

v t e Mark Wills
Studio albums	Mark Wills Wish You Were Here Permanently Loving Every Minute And the Crowd Goes Wild Familiar Stranger Looking for America
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Jacob's Ladder" "High Low and In Between" "Places I've Never Been" "I Do (Cherish You)" "Don't Laugh at Me" "Wish You Were Here" "She's in Love" "Back at One" "Almost Doesn't Count" "Loving Every Minute" "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" "19 Somethin'" "And the Crowd Goes Wild"
Other songs	"Somebody" "What Hurts the Most"
Related topics	Discography

This page was last edited on 17 June 2024, at 20:36