That's What It's All About

2004 single by Brooks & Dunn

"That's What It's All About"

Single by Brooks & Dunn

from the album The Greatest Hits Collection II

Released

July 12, 2004

Recorded

2004

Genre

Country

Length

4:00 (album version)
3:18 (single version)

Label

Arista Nashville 82876-63224

Songwriter(s)

Steve McEwan
Craig Wiseman

Producer(s)

Mark Wright, Brooks & Dunn

Brooks & Dunn singles chronology

"That's What She Gets for Loving Me"
(2004)

"That's What It's All About"
(2004)

"It's Getting Better All the Time"
(2004)

"That's What It's All About" is a song written by Steve McEwan and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in July 2004 as the first single from their compilation album The Greatest Hits Collection II. It reached number 2 in the United States.

Content

According to Ronnie Dunn, “It’s [about the] simple things, really. The more you learn, the more you figure out… the more you realize the lessons you learned growing up, the things you feel – that is what really matters. It’s easy to miss that, chasing after a career or whatever – and you do have to work hard in this world, there’s no way around it – but when that gets out of balance with your family, with your friends, with the things that matter… well, that’s what this song is about.^[1]”

Music video

The music video was filmed during shots from various Brooks & Dunn concerts, and it was directed by Michael Salomon. It premiered in September 2004.

Chart positions

The song debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week ending July 10, 2004.

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Canada Country (Radio & Records)^[2]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	38

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	27

References

^ Anon (2004). "Biography: Brooks & Dunn" Arista Nashville.com. Retrieved September 18, 2009
^ Radio & Records: October 22, 2004, page 42 worldradiohistory.com
^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 2004: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

Allmusic

Brooks & Dunn

Kix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn

Studio albums

Compilations

The Greatest Hits Collection
Super Hits
The Greatest Hits Collection II
Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn
#1s… and Then Some

Singles

1990s	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found" "Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go" "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge" "My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye" "Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "Missing You" "Beer Thirty"
2000s	"You'll Always Be Loved by Me" "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River" "Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me" "That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time" "Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe" "Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire) "Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

1990s

"Brand New Man"
"My Next Broken Heart"
"Neon Moon"
"Boot Scootin' Boogie"
"Lost and Found"
"Hard Workin' Man"
"We'll Burn That Bridge"
"She Used to Be Mine"
"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
"That Ain't No Way to Go"
"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"
"I'll Never Forgive My Heart"
"Little Miss Honky Tonk"
"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
"Whiskey Under the Bridge"
"My Maria"
"I Am That Man"
"Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing"
"A Man This Lonely"
"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
"Honky Tonk Truth"
"He's Got You"
"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire)
"How Long Gone"
"Husbands and Wives"
"I Can't Get Over You"
"Missing You"
"Beer Thirty"

2000s

"You'll Always Be Loved by Me"
"Ain't Nothing 'bout You"
"Only in America"
"The Long Goodbye"
"My Heart Is Lost to You"
"Every River"
"Red Dirt Road"
"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
"That's What She Gets for Loving Me"
"That's What It's All About"
"It's Getting Better All the Time"
"Play Something Country"
"Believe"
"Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill)
"Hillbilly Deluxe"
"Proud of the House We Built"
"God Must Be Busy"
"Put a Girl in It"
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)
"Indian Summer"
"Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

Solo works

Kix Brooks	Kix Brooks "Sacred Ground" New to This Town "New to This Town"
Ronnie Dunn	Ronnie Dunn "Bleed Red" "Cost of Livin'" "Let the Cowboy Rock" Peace, Love, and Country Music Tattooed Heart "Damn Drunk" Re-Dunn "Amarillo by Morning" "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"