"I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" is a song by American

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artist

Mark Wills Mark Wills (born Daryl Mark Williams; August 8, 1973) is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label – '' Mark Wills'', '' Wish You Were Here'', ''Permanently'' ...

, recorded as a duet with Australian country music artist

Jamie O'Neal Jamie O'Neal (born 3 June 1968) is an Australian-American country music singer and songwriter. In 2000, O'Neal released her first studio album, '' Shiver''. The album included the back-to-back number one singles " There Is No Arizona" and " Wh ...

. The song was written by Rich Alves and

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and produced by

Keith Stegall Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955) is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two major-label studio albums: 1985's ''Keith Stegall'' and 1996's ''Passages'', although he ...

and

Carson Chamberlain Carson Chamberlain (born in Berea, Kentucky) is an American songwriter, record producer and session musician who works mainly in the field of country music. He worked as a bandleader and steel guitarist for Keith Whitley until Whitley died in 1 ...

. It was released on November 12, 2001, as the second and final single from Wills' fourth studio album ''Loving Every Minute'' (2001) and the fourth single from O'Neal debut studio album ''Shiver'' (2000) by

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, under whom both of them were signed to at the time. It reached number 31 on the US country singles chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of ''Billboard'' gave the song a positive review, saying, "This lovely number starts off understated and builds to a gentle emotional crescendo that is effective, not overwrought. Penned by Randy VanWarmer and Rich Alves, the song is a winner, and Wills' and O'Neal's voices blend beautifully."

Commercial performance

"I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" debuted on the US ''Billboard''

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chart the week of December 1, 2001 at number 54 while O'Neal's previous single "

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" was still climbing up the charts. It reached a peak position of number 31 on the chart the week of February 16, 2002; it spent 20 weeks in total on the chart. It became O'Neal's fourth top-forty hit and Wills' 12th. It performed slightly better on the ''

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'' Country Top 50, peaking at number 28.

Charts

Personnel

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– vocals *

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– electric guitars *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

– drums *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

– bass * B. James Lowery – acoustic guitar *

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– percussion * Brady Barnett – keyboards * Paul Franklin – steel guitar * John Kelton – drum programming * Rick Alves – writing *

– writing *

– production, keyboards *

– production

References

2001 singles 2000 songs Mark Wills songs Jamie O'Neal songs Songs written by Rich Alves Songs written by Randy VanWarmer Song recordings produced by Carson Chamberlain Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall Mercury Records singles Male–female vocal duets {{Jamie O'Neal