Chart Rewind: In 2009, Lady A Made Its First ‘Run’ to No. 1 on Hot Country Songs

Jim Asker
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On July 25, 2009, Lady A’s “I Run to You” sprinted to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, awarding the trio its first of six leaders. The act – Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood – penned the song with Tom Douglas, and Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley produced it.

“I Run to You” was released as the third single from Lady A’s debut self-titled album. Lead track “Love Don’t Live Here” hit No. 3 on Hot Country Songs, becoming the threesome’s first of 15 top 10s, and “Lookin’ for a Good Time” reached No. 11. The LP arrived at the Top Country Albums summit, giving the act its first of five leaders.

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Along with six No. 1s on Hot Country Songs, Lady A has sent 11 singles to the top of the Country Airplay chart, most recently “Champagne Night” in January 2021.

The band’s hits include crossover smashes “Need You Now” and “Just a Kiss.” The former topped Hot Country Songs for a career-best five weeks beginning in November 2009, becoming the act’s second leader, and the latter led in 2011. Both reached the all-genre Billboard Hot 100’s top 10, climbing to Nos. 2 and 7, respectively.

In June, Lady A released its newest recording, a cover of “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” on Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, which topped the Compilation Albums chart. Next up, the group is set to perform at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Aug. 11.

Earlier this year, Lady A signaled that it is working on a new album. “We’re gettin’ our plans together,” Scott told Audacy’s Katie & Company. “We’ll just kind of see how it lays out, and then we’ll release the whole thing.”

“For us, we’re in such an appreciation spot in our career,” Kelley added. “We’re definitely going in a nostalgic direction. I think we tend to do that a lot. It’s a really warm record.”

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