Chely Wright

Chely Wright

2896 fans

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Chely Wright was brought up in a musical, and highly religious, family. Relocating to Nashville in order to persue a career in country music, she landed a deal with Mercury/Polygram but her two albums released through them were unsuccessful. In 1997 she moved to MCA Nashville with whom she scored her first top 20 hit with Shut Up And Drive. As she embarked on a tour with Brad Paisley in 2000, she co-wrote the duet Hard To Be A Husband, Hard To Be A Wife which they then performed together at the Grand Ole Opry. It wasn't until 2007, 13 years after she began her professional career as a country artist, that Wright publicly announced that she was gay. In almost any other musical genre this revelation would have attracted only mild interest but in the world of country, music with its deeply conservative and often fervently religious USA fan base Wright's announcement was severely frowned upon. Almost overnight Wright's album sales fell by 50 percent and she became the target of hate mail as fans deserted her in droves. It was to be three years before she put out another album, Lifted Off The Ground, released in 2010 and a further six years before her next release I Am The Rain, the singer's eighth studio album. I Am The Rain debuted at number 13 in the Billboard Country Charts and became her highest charting album reaching number 54 in the Top Album Sales Charts, confirmation that Wright had now picked up a new audience. Wright's continuing popularity, created not only by her music but also by her high profile campaigning as an LGBT activist ensures she is rarely out of the public eye and she has become an established and respected country artist.

Top tracks

01
Single White Female
Chely Wright
Single White Female
03:17
Composers: Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Shaye Smith
05
I Already Do (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:47
Composers: Gary Burr - Chely Wright
01
Shut Up And Drive
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:48
Writer: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate / Composers: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate
14
She Went Out For Cigarettes (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
04:12
Writer: Jon McElroy - Ronnie Guilbeau / Composers: Jon McElroy - Ronnie Guilbeau
12
Jezebel (Album Version)
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
03:10
Writer: Marcus Hummon - Jay DeMarcus
08
Before You Lie (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:51
Composers: Bob McDill - Gary Burr
12
It Was (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:51
Writer: Gary Burr - Mark Wright / Composers: Gary Burr - Mark Wright
15
Never Love You Enough (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:54
Writer: Brett James - Angelo Petraglia / Composers: Brett James - Angelo Petraglia
12
I'm Trying
Diamond Rio
One More Day
04:17
Writer: Darrell Scott - Tia Sillers / Composers: Darrell Scott - Tia Sillers
03
Till I Was Loved By You (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
02:57
Writer: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson / Composers: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson
01
Back of the Bottom Drawer
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
03:45
Composers: Liz Rose - Chely Wright
06
Like Me
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:51
Composers: Chely Wright
07
Alligator Purse (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:26
Composers: Kenya Slaughter Walker - Nick Pellegrino
04
The Love He Left Behind (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:39
Composers: Steven Dale Jones - Bobby Tomberlin
08
Just Another Heartache (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
02:41
Writer: Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill / Composers: Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill
04
Notes To The Coroner
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:27
Composers: Chely Wright
02
Revival
Chely Wright
Revival
04:02
Composers: Chely Wright - Jeremy Lister - Dustin Ray Ransom
02
The Love That We Lost (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:50
Composers: Gary Burr - Monty Powell
04
Unknown (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
03:40
Composers: Aimee Mayo - Gary Burr
05
Woman In The Moon
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
03:15
Composers: Fred J. Knobloch - Gary Eugene Scruggs
05
Sea Of Cowboy Hats (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:35
Writer: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson / Composers: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson
01
Your Woman Misses Her Man (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:03
Composers: Mark D. Sanders - Chely Wright - Ed Hill

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  • Discography
Albums
I Am the Rain
09-09-2016
I Am the Rain
01
Inside
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
04:18
02
Where Will You Be
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
04:14
03
At the Heart of Me
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
04:45
04
You Are the River
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
05:01
05
Holy War
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
04:52
06
What About Your Heart
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
03:59
07
Pain
Chely Wright
I Am the Rain
03:58
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Lifted Off The Ground
â„— 2010 Painted Red Music Group, distributed by Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company
01-01-2010
Lifted Off The Ground
01
Broken
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:37
Composers: Chely Wright
02
Heavenly Days
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:44
Composers: Chely Wright
03
Hang Out In Your Heart
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
04:29
Composers: Chely Wright
04
Notes To The Coroner
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:27
Composers: Chely Wright
05
Snow Globe
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:33
Composers: Chely Wright
06
Like Me
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
03:51
Composers: Chely Wright
07
That Train
Chely Wright
Lifted Off The Ground
04:19
Composers: Chely Wright
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The Ultimate Collection
â„— 2008 Hump Head Records Ltd. (UK)
01-01-2008
The Ultimate Collection
01
Sea Of Cowboy Hats
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
03:35
Writer: Jimmy Melton - Dale Dodson - Chely Wright / Composers: Jimmy Melton - Dale Dodson - Chely Wright
02
Till I Was Loved By You
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
02:57
Writer: Alan Jackson - Mark Irwin / Composers: Alan Jackson - Mark Irwin
03
He's A Good Ole Boy
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
02:51
Writer: Harlan Howard / Composers: Harlan Howard
04
Till All Her Tears Are Dry
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
04:19
Writer: Jim Rushing - Chely Wright / Composers: Jim Rushing - Chely Wright
05
The Love That We Lost
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
03:52
Writer: Monty Powell - Gary Burr / Composers: Monty Powell - Gary Burr
06
Listenin' To The Radio
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
03:33
Writer: Stephony Smith - Sunny Russ / Composers: Stephony Smith - Sunny Russ
07
Alligator Purse
Chely Wright
The Ultimate Collection
03:26
Writer: Nick Pellegrino - Keny Slaughter Walker / Composers: Nick Pellegrino - Keny Slaughter Walker
Access the complete album info (20 songs)
The Definitive Collection
This Compilation â„— 2007 MCA Nashville
01-01-2007
The Definitive Collection
01
Shut Up And Drive
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:48
Writer: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate / Composers: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate
02
He's A Good Ole Boy
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
02:51
Writer: Harlan Howard / Composers: Harlan Howard
03
Till I Was Loved By You (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
02:57
Writer: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson / Composers: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson
04
I Love You Enough To Let You Go
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:14
Writer: Gary Nicholson - Keith Whitley - Bill Caswell / Composers: Gary Nicholson - Keith Whitley - Bill Caswell
05
Sea Of Cowboy Hats (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:35
Writer: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson / Composers: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson
06
Listenin' To The Radio (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:33
Writer: Sunny Russ - Stephony Smith / Composers: Sunny Russ - Stephony Smith
07
The Love That We Lost (Album Version)
Chely Wright
The Definitive Collection
03:50
Writer: Gary Burr - Monty Powell / Composers: Gary Burr - Monty Powell
Access the complete album info (18 songs)
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
This Compilation â„— 2003 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-2003
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
01
Till I Was Loved By You (Album Version)
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
02:57
Writer: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson / Composers: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson
02
Sea Of Cowboy Hats (Album Version)
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
03:35
Writer: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson / Composers: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson
03
Listenin' To The Radio (Album Version)
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
03:33
Writer: Sunny Russ - Stephony Smith / Composers: Sunny Russ - Stephony Smith
04
Shut Up And Drive
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
03:48
Writer: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate / Composers: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate
05
I Already Do (Album Version)
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
03:47
Writer: Gary Burr - Chely Wright / Composers: Gary Burr - Chely Wright
06
Just Another Heartache (Album Version)
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
02:41
Writer: Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill / Composers: Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill
07
Single White Female
Chely Wright
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Chely Wright
03:16
Writer: Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Shaye Smith / Composers: Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Shaye Smith
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Never Love You Enough
â„— 2001 MCA Nashville
01-01-2001
Never Love You Enough
01
Never Love You Enough (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
03:54
Composers: Brett James - Angelo Petraglia
02
Jezebel (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
03:10
Writer: Marcus Hummon - Jay DeMarcus
03
One Night In Las Vegas
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
04:13
Writer: Chely Wright - Brad Paisley
04
While I Was Waiting
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
03:27
Composers: Roxie Dean - Gordon Bradberry
05
What If We Fly
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
03:54
Composers: Mark Selby - Tia Sillers
06
Wouldn't It Be Cool
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
03:04
Composers: Chely Wright - Roxie Dean
07
Her
Chely Wright
Never Love You Enough
03:43
Writer: Leslie Satcher
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Single White Female
â„— 1999 MCA Nashville
01-01-1999
Single White Female
01
Single White Female
Chely Wright
Single White Female
03:17
Composers: Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Shaye Smith
02
She Went Out For Cigarettes (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
04:13
Composers: Jon McElroy - Ronnie Guilbeau
03
It Was (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
03:51
Composers: Gary Burr - Mark Wright
04
Unknown (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
03:40
Composers: Aimee Mayo - Gary Burr
05
The Love That We Lost (1999 Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
04:02
Composers: Gary Burr - Monty Powell
06
The Fire (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
03:05
Composers: Leslie Satcher
07
Picket Fences (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Single White Female
04:06
Composers: Chely Wright
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Let Me In
â„— 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc., a Division of MCA Records; Inc.
01-01-1997
Let Me In
01
Your Woman Misses Her Man (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:03
Composers: Mark D. Sanders - Chely Wright - Ed Hill
02
Let Me In (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:58
Composers: Deanna Bryant
03
Shut Up And Drive
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:48
Composers: Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate
04
Emma Jean's Guitar (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:48
Composers: Matraca Berg - Jeffrey R. Hanna - Gary Harrison
05
I Already Do (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:47
Composers: Gary Burr - Chely Wright
06
Just Another Heartache (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
02:41
Composers: Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill
07
Is It Love Yet? (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Let Me In
03:00
Composers: Kostas Lazarides - Kostas - Chely Wright
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Right In The Middle Of It
â„— 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1996
Right In The Middle Of It
01
Listenin' To The Radio (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:33
Composers: Sunny Russ - Stephony Smith
02
The Love That We Lost (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:50
Composers: Gary Burr - Monty Powell
03
Heart Shaped World (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
02:32
Composers: Bob DiPiero - Kim Williams - Kent Blazy
04
The Love He Left Behind (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:39
Composers: Steven Dale Jones - Bobby Tomberlin
05
Right In The Middle Of It (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:03
Composers: Chely Wright
06
What I Learned From Loving You (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:48
Composers: Russell Smith - James H. Brown Jr. - Russell H. Smith - James A. Alvin Brown Jr.
07
Alligator Purse (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Right In The Middle Of It
03:26
Composers: Kenya Slaughter Walker - Nick Pellegrino
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
Woman In The Moon
â„— 1994 Mercury Records
01-01-1994
Woman In The Moon
01
Till I Was Loved By You (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
02:56
Composers: Mark Irwin - Alan Jackson
02
He's A Good Ole Boy
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
02:51
Composers: Harlan Howard
03
Till All Her Tears Are Dry
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
04:19
Composers: Chely Wright - Jim Rushing
04
Go On And Go
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
02:14
Composers: Chely Wright - Dale Dodson
05
Woman In The Moon
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
03:15
Composers: Fred J. Knobloch - Gary Eugene Scruggs
06
Sea Of Cowboy Hats (Album Version)
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
03:36
Composers: Chely Wright - James Melton - Dale Dodson
07
I Love You Enough To Let You Go
Chely Wright
Woman In The Moon
03:14
Composers: Gary Nicholson - Keith Whitley - Bill Caswell
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
EPs
Revival
(P) 2019 Painted Red Music Group
10-05-2019
Revival
01
Say the Word
Chely Wright
Revival
03:41
Composers: Jeremy Lister
02
Revival
Chely Wright
Revival
04:02
Composers: Chely Wright - Jeremy Lister - Dustin Ray Ransom
03
I Will
Chely Wright
Revival
04:15
Composers: Chely Wright - Jeremy Lister - Jennifer Judge - Ethelind Coblin
04
As Long as I'm Your Lover
Chely Wright
Revival
03:38
Composers: Chely Wright
05
Just When I Need You
Chely Wright
Revival
03:35
Composers: Chely Wright - Jeremy Lister - Dustin Ray Ransom
Santa Will Find You
(P) 2018 Painted Red Music Group
26-10-2018
Santa Will Find You
01
It Really Is (A Wonderful Life)
Chely Wright
Santa Will Find You
03:41
Composers: Chely Wright
02
Can't Believe It's Christmas
Chely Wright
Santa Will Find You
03:57
Composers: Chely Wright - Jeremy Lister
03
Happy New Year Old Friend
Chely Wright
Santa Will Find You
04:03
Composers: Chely Wright - Richard Marx
04
Christmas Isn't Christmas Time
Chely Wright
Santa Will Find You
03:37
Composers: Chely Wright - Richard Marx
05
Santa Will Find You
Chely Wright
Santa Will Find You
03:52
Composers: Chely Wright - Mindy Smith
06
Christmas Isn't Christmas Time (Spector Version)
Chely Wright
Santa Will Find You
03:37
Composers: Chely Wright
Everything - EP
2004 Chely Wright
06-10-2004
Everything - EP
01
Back of the Bottom Drawer
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
03:45
Composers: Liz Rose - Chely Wright
02
Everything
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
03:42
Composers: Gary Burr - Chely Wright
03
Love Lets Go
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
03:19
Composers: Chely Wright
04
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
03:41
Composers: Gary Burr - Chely Wright
05
If I Were Jackie
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
03:23
Composers: Mike Mobley - Chely Wright
06
Scars
Chely Wright
Everything - EP
04:25
Composers: Chely Wright
Singles
Say the Word
(P) 2019 Painted Red Music Group
23-04-2019
Say the Word
01
Say the Word
Chely Wright
Say the Word
03:41
Composers: Jeremy Lister
It Really Is (A Wonderful Life)
(P) 2018 Painted Red Music Group
12-10-2018
It Really Is (A Wonderful Life)
01
It Really Is (A Wonderful Life)
Chely Wright
It Really Is (A Wonderful Life)
03:41
Composers: Chely Wright