''Boomtown'' is the second studio album by American

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artist

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. It was released on September 27, 1994 by

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. The album produced four hit singles for Keith on the US ''

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chart between 1994 and 1995 with "

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" (#1), "

Upstairs Downtown "Upstairs Downtown" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. The song was released in November 1994 as the second single from his 1994 album ''Boomtown''. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard charts in ...

" (#10), "

You Ain't Much Fun "You Ain't Much Fun" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in March 1995 as the third single from his 1994 album ''Boomtown''. The song peaked at number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country ...

" (#2) and "

Big Ol' Truck "Big Ol' Truck" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in July 1995 as the fourth and final single from his 1994 album ''Boomtown''. The song peaked at number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Coun ...

" (#15). The album was also certified platinum by the

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for U.S. sales of one million copies.

Track listing

Personnel

*Michael Black - background vocals *Tom Flora - background vocals *Sonny Garrish -

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*Tim Gonzales - harmonica *

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- drums *Clayton Ivey - keyboards *

- lead vocals *Gary Lunn - bass guitar *Danny Parks - electric guitar * Don Potter - acoustic guitar *Ron "Snake" Reynolds - percussion *Milton Sledge - drums *Russell Terrell - background vocals *Dennis Wilson - background vocals *

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- electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notes

{{Authority control 1994 albums Toby Keith albums Mercury Records albums Albums produced by Harold Shedd