When Josh Turner rumbled into the top spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated March 11, 2006, it marked his first time in the primo chart position.
“Your Man” made use of Turner’s range, climbing from a deep part of his South Carolina-bred voice to a slinky frequency in the song’s tuneful chorus. The MCA Nashville single similarly climbed from its August 2005 debut to the peak 31 weeks later.
The song marked Turner’s fourth appearance on the list, outpacing his previous best, 2003’s “Long Black Train,” which chugged to No. 13. “Your Man” was released as the title track and first single from his second album, which debuted as his first of three No. 1s on the Top Country Albums chart dated Feb. 11, 2006.
Turner wasn’t the lone first-timer involved with “Your Man.” Jace Everett, later heard on the theme song to the HBO series True Blood, had never appeared previously in the leading title’s songwriter parentheses, nor had one of his co-writers: some guy named Chris Stapleton. They shared writing credits with Chris DuBois, who had been there before — DuBois co-wrote two earlier Brad Paisley chart-toppers, “We Danced” and “Mud on the Tires,” plus Mark Wills’ 2003 leader “19 Somethin’.”
“Your Man” became the first of four No. 1 singles for Turner, followed by fellow 2006 leader “Would You Go With Me” and 2010’s “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “All Over Me.”
“Your Man” also assisted a next-generation vocalist, becoming a key song performed by Scotty McCreery on his way to winning American Idol in 2011.
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