Songs About Me (song)

This song reflects the problems of discrimination that country music listeners face. In the song, Trace has his guitar and meets somebody on an early morning flight and that person asks him what he does. He says he sings "country music mixed with a little rock and a little blues". The guy says he's never been crazy about that hillbilly stuff. Later, Trace asks the guy to attend a country music concert. He says that he'll give it a try but doubts it'll "change [his] opinion" upon telling him he'll be busy. Then, he realizes that night that the songs relate to him as well (e.g. "Songs about me and who I am / Songs about loving and living / And goodhearted women, family, and God").

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon. In it, Trace Adkins meets a man on a plane, they talk, then he offers the young man tickets to one of his shows. The man expresses a dislike of country music, saying he doesn't really identify with the songs or style of music. Adkins explains that he just sings about his life, giving us the title "Songs About Me". The man later shows up at the concert and is surprised that he enjoys it and identifies with the subjects of the songs. It was filmed in front of a live audience at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon, and at the Nashville International Airport.

"Songs About Me" peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of December 18, 2004 in the United States, and went to number 15 in Canada. The song also reached number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number 27 for year end in 2005.