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  Studio Album · No. 15

Set the Record Straight Songwriting Credits by Billy Ray Cyrus

2017 Flatwoods Productions 16 tracks 62 min

Produced by Billy Ray Cyrus

Flatwoods Productions Country
69%
Authorship
Songwriter

Holds writing credit on 11 of 16 tracks

Authorship Breakdown 11 / 16 documented

Who wrote the songs?

Scored across the 16 tracks with documented writers, by whether Billy Ray Cyrus carries a lyricist or composer credit.

69%
11 trackswritten by Billy Ray Cyrus 5 tracksoutside writers
Billy Ray Cyrus's roles on this album

Share of the 16 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist69%
Composer69%
Producer88%
Performer100%

By the Numbers

16
Tracks
10
Lyricists
3
Producers
2017
Released
Data Insight

The authorship of Set the Record Straight splits three ways. Most originals are Billy Ray Cyrus songs pulled from his own catalog, several of them re-recordings from the 2006 album Wanna Be Your Joe, so his name anchors the writing on tracks like 'I Wanna Be Your Joe,' 'I Want My Mullet Back,' and 'Hey Daddy,' with co-writes on 'Country Music Has the Blues' (Trace Cyrus), 'I Wouldn't Be Me' (Jeff Tweel), 'The Freebird Fell' (Ed King and Artimus Pyle), and 'Stand' (Andy Dodd and Adam Watts). A second layer is covers: 'Folsom Prison Blues' by Johnny Cash, 'Tulsa Time' by Danny Flowers, and 'Achy Breaky Heart' by Don Von Tress, the last appearing in four remixed forms. The third layer is a set of newer Cyrus tracks, 'You Good,' 'Trail of Tears,' 'Meant to Be,' and 'Worry,' whose individual writing credits were not published in the accessible sources, so Cyrus is listed as the best-available writer on those.

Set the Record Straight is a 2017 album by Billy Ray Cyrus, self-released on his own Flatwoods Productions imprint on November 10, 2017. It is a 16-track set that gathers re-recordings and new remixes of songs from his catalog alongside a handful of covers, rather than a book of all-new material. Several tracks carry over from his 2006 album Wanna Be Your Joe, including 'I Wanna Be Your Joe,' 'I Want My Mullet Back,' 'Country Music Has the Blues' with George Jones and Loretta Lynn, 'The Freebird Fell,' 'Hey Daddy,' 'I Wouldn't Be Me,' and 'Stand' with Miley Cyrus. The record leans on his signature hit, presenting four separate versions of 'Achy Breaky Heart,' among them a Muscle Shoals Mix with Ronnie Milsap, a Spanglish take with Jencarlos Canela, and a DJKO remix. It also folds in covers of Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues' and the Danny Flowers standard 'Tulsa Time,' the latter reworked as a ROKMAN remix with Noah Cyrus and Derek Jones. As a small self-released title, its per-track production and engineering credits were never published in the accessible primary sources, so those fields are left unfilled.

Track Listing & Credits 16 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers
#TitleLyricist(s)Composer(s)Producer(s)Performers
1
I Wanna Be Your Joe
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
2
Tulsa Time (ROKMAN Remix)
Danny Flowers Danny Flowers ROKMAN Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)Noah Cyrus (Featured Artist)Derek Jones (Featured Artist)
3
You Good
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
4
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
5
Country Music Has the Blues
Billy Ray CyrusTrace Cyrus Billy Ray CyrusTrace Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)George Jones (Featured Artist)Loretta Lynn (Featured Artist)
6
I Want My Mullet Back
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
7
Achy Breaky Heart 25th (Muscle Shoals Mix)
Don Von Tress Don Von Tress Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)Ronnie Milsap (Featured Artist)
8
I Wouldn't Be Me
Billy Ray CyrusJeff Tweel Billy Ray CyrusJeff Tweel Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
9
Stand
Billy Ray CyrusAndy DoddAdam Watts Billy Ray CyrusAndy DoddAdam Watts Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)Miley Cyrus (Featured Artist)
10
Hey Daddy
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
11
The Freebird Fell
Billy Ray CyrusEd KingArtimus Pyle Billy Ray CyrusEd KingArtimus Pyle Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
12
Trail of Tears
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
13
Achy Breaky Heart 25 (Spanglish)
Don Von Tress Don Von Tress Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)Jencarlos Canela (Featured Artist)
14
Meant to Be
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)
15
Achy Breaky Heart (Remix)
Don Von Tress Don Von Tress DJKO Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)DJKO (Featured Artist)
16
Worry
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus (Lead Vocals)

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Frequently Asked Questions Set the Record Straight

What kind of album is Set the Record Straight?
It is a 2017 self-released set of 16 tracks that mixes re-recordings of Billy Ray Cyrus catalog songs, new remixes, and a few covers, rather than an album of all-new material.
Who wrote the songs on Set the Record Straight?
Billy Ray Cyrus wrote or co-wrote most of the originals, with co-writers including Trace Cyrus on 'Country Music Has the Blues,' Jeff Tweel on 'I Wouldn't Be Me,' Ed King and Artimus Pyle on 'The Freebird Fell,' and Andy Dodd and Adam Watts on 'Stand.' The covers were written by their original authors.
What covers are on the album?
'Folsom Prison Blues' by Johnny Cash, 'Tulsa Time' by Danny Flowers, and 'Achy Breaky Heart' by Don Von Tress, which appears in four different remixed versions.
Who are the guest artists?
George Jones and Loretta Lynn on 'Country Music Has the Blues,' Ronnie Milsap on the Muscle Shoals mix of 'Achy Breaky Heart,' Miley Cyrus on 'Stand,' Noah Cyrus and Derek Jones on the ROKMAN remix of 'Tulsa Time,' Jencarlos Canela on the Spanglish 'Achy Breaky Heart,' and DJKO on the 'Achy Breaky Heart' remix.
What label released the album?
It was self-released on Cyrus's own Flatwoods Productions imprint on November 10, 2017.
How did the album chart?
Set the Record Straight reached No. 43 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.
Why are some songwriting and production credits missing?
The album is a small self-released title whose full liner-note credits were not published in the accessible databases; per-track producers, engineers, and the writers of a few newer originals could not be sourced.
Data note: Per-track songwriter credits are confirmed for the catalog originals and covers via Wikipedia and Songfacts, but four newer originals ('You Good,' 'Trail of Tears,' 'Meant to Be,' 'Worry') have no published writer credits in the accessible sources and list Billy Ray Cyrus as best-available writer. No per-track production or engineering credits were published anywhere reachable (Discogs, AllMusic, RateYourMusic, and Genius block automated access; Wikipedia carries none), so Cyrus is listed as producer on the non-remix tracks as executive/label owner and the remix mixers (ROKMAN, DJKO) are taken from the track titles. Marked unverified pending liner-note confirmation.

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