What About Me? (Kenny Rogers album)

What About Me?
Studio album by
Kenny Rogers
ReleasedSeptember 1984
Recorded1984
StudioLion Share Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA); The Lighthouse (Hermosa Beach, CA).
GenreCountry
Length40:03
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerKenny Rogers, David Foster
Kenny Rogers chronology
Eyes That See in the Dark
(1983) 		What About Me?
(1984) 		Once Upon a Christmas
(1984)
Singles from What About Me
  1. "What About Me"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Crazy"
    Released: December 17, 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

What About Me? is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers, released by RCA Records in 1984. The album's title track, "What About Me?", is sung in trio with R&B singer James Ingram and Kim Carnes, which reached number one on the AC charts and was also a pop and country hit,[2] giving co-writer Richard Marx his first number one hit as a writer. Marx's second number one hit as a writer was the song "Crazy", which was included on the album.

Elsewhere on the album is "Two Hearts, One Love" by Byron Hill,[3] and "Pickin' Up Strangers," released on Johnny Lee's Lookin' for Love album, and "The Stranger" (a story song in the vein of Rogers' previous hits such as "The Gambler" and "Lucille"), "The Night Goes On" (a R&B influenced ballad).

This album continued Rogers' long Platinum streak, quickly selling over a million copies.[2]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b "Kenny Rogers Charts and Awards". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Ruggeberg, Rand (1986). Rand Ruggeberg Songwriter's Market - Byron Hill. p. 161.