Chesney announced the album's title and tracklist in March 2020. At the time of the announcement, the project had already produced two singles: "Tip of My Tongue " and the title track. The album is Chesney's second for Warner Records Nashville .[ 1] Buddy Cannon . Of the songwriters chosen for the album, Chesney said that he wanted to "bring a lot of [his] favorite writers together" to tie into the album's central theme of "how different people are around the world, yet how entirely similar they can be".[ 2]
On the US Billboard 200Here and Now debuted at number one, earning 233,000 equivalent album units , comprising 222,000 in album sales, and marking Chesney's 16th top 10 album, as well as the third-biggest sales week of 2020.[ 3]
Title Writer(s) 1. "We Do" 3:26 2. "Here and Now " 2:52 3. "Everyone She Knows " 3:25 4. "Wasted" 3:49 5. "Knowing You " 3:46 6. "Heartbreakers" 3:17 7. "Someone to Fix" 3:32 8. "Happy Does " Brad Clawson Brock Berryhill Greylan James Jamie Paulin 2:49 9. "Tip of My Tongue " 3:20 10. "You Don’t Get To" 3:37 11. "Beautiful World" 3:11 12. "Guys Named Captain" Slater 4:03 Total length: 40:56
Adapted from liner notes.[ 4]
Wyatt Beard - background vocals (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Pat Buchanan - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12)
Tom Bukovac - acoustic guitar (track 9), electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–7, 9–11)Scooter Carusoe - background vocals (track 1)
Kenny Chesney - lead vocals (all tracks)Ross Copperman - acoustic guitar (track 3), electric guitar (tracks 3, 9), keyboards (track 3), programming (tracks 3, 9), background vocals (tracks 3, 9)Chad Cromwell - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11), programming (track 11), tambourine (track 8)Fred Eltringham - drums (track 9)David Garcia - background vocals (tracks 1, 4)
Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10, 11)
Mark Hill - bass guitar (track 9)
John Hobbs - B-3 organ (track 12), piano (track 12), synthesizer (track 12), Wurlitzer (track 12)
David Huff - programming (tracks 1, 4)
Evan Hutchings - drums (track 3)
Tony Lucido - bass guitar (tracks 1, 3)
Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar (track 12)Carl Miner - acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 11)
David Lee Murphy - background vocals (tracks 2, 11)Josh Osborne - background vocals (track 6)
Danny Rader - acoustic guitar (tracks 1–5, 7, 8, 11), bouzouki (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 11), electric guitar (tracks 2, 7), ganjo (track 4), hi-string acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 8)Jeff Roach - keyboards (track 3)
Mike Rojas - B-3 organ (tracks 2, 4, 6, 11), piano (tracks 1, 5, 8, 10, 11), synthesizer (tracks 2, 7, 8)
Ed Sheeran - background vocals (track 9)F. Reid Shippen - programming (tracks 3, 5, 8, 9)
Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar (tracks 2, 4–8, 10, 11)Pete Stewart - keyboards (track 9), synthesizer (track 9)
Jeff Taylor - accordion (tracks 11, 12)
Bobby Terry - steel guitar (track 5)
John Willis - acoustic guitar (track 10)Craig Wiseman - background vocals (track 1)
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