Old Enough to Know Better

Old Enough to Know Better is the debut studio album by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in its title track. The singles "I'm Still Dancin' with You," "Don't Stop," and "What I Meant to Say" were also Top Ten hits on the same chart. The album itself was certified gold by the RIAA for US shipments of 500,000 copies. The track "Steady as She Goes" was co-written by both members of Brooks & Dunn.

Old Enough to Know Better
Studio album by Wade Hayes
Released	January 3, 1995
Recorded	1994
Studio	Soundshop A & B, Nashville, TN
Genre	Honky-tonk
Length	33:36
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Don Cook
Wade Hayes chronology
Old Enough to Know Better (1995) On a Good Night (1996)
Singles from Old Enough to Know Better
"Old Enough to Know Better" Released: November 14, 1994 "I'm Still Dancin' with You" Released: March 6, 1995 "Don't Stop" Released: July 4, 1995 "What I Meant to Say" Released: October 31, 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]

Musical style and composition

Old Enough to Know Better has been described as a honky-tonk album, with its style style compared to the works of traditional country performers such as Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Jones.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa"	Don Cook	3:32
2.	"I'm Still Dancin' with You"	Wade Hayes, Chick Rains	3:19
3.	"Old Enough to Know Better"	Hayes, Rains	3:39
4.	"Kentucky Bluebird"	Cook, Wally Wilson	3:25
5.	"Don't Stop"	Rains, Tom Shapiro	2:44
6.	"What I Meant to Say"	Cook, Sam Hogin, Jim McBride	3:19
7.	"Steady as She Goes"	Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Cook	3:22
8.	"Family Reunion"	Rains, Harlan Howard	4:07
9.	"Someone Had to Teach You"	Howard, Bill Hervey	2:48
10.	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"	Hayes, Rains	3:21

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[3]

• Bruce Bouton – slide guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "electric hoedown tools"
• Wade Hayes – lead vocals, background vocals
• Mitch Humphries – piano (5)
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano (1-4, 6-10), Hammond organ (5)
• Patty Loveless – background vocals (4)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals (1-3, 5-10)
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals (1-3, 5-10)
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position US Billboard 200[4] 99 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 19 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 33 Chart (1996) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[10]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.