Delicious Surprise
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Delicious Surprise is the name of the fourth album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two...

, released in 2005. Her first studio album since Burn
Burn (Jo Dee Messina album)
Burn is the third studio album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina, released in August of 2000 by Curb Records.Her first No. 1 Billboard album on the Top Country Albums charts, it also hit No. 19 on the Billboard 200...

almost five years previous, it produced a Number One single on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country music charts in "My Give a Damn's Busted", a song co-written by country singer Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie
Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",...

 and originally recorded on his 2001 album In Another World
In Another World
In Another World is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Joe Diffie. His only album for Monument Records, it features the single "In Another World", a Top Ten single on the Billboard country singles charts in 2002. "This Pretender" was also released as a single,...

. Additional singles released from Delicious Surprise include "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)", "Not Going Down", and "It's Too Late to Worry", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the country charts as well. The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

  1. "Not Going Down" (Kevin Savigar, Shaunn Bolton) - 3:16
  2. "Someone Else's Life" (Danny Wells, John Bettis
    John Bettis
    John Bettis is an American lyricist who has co-written many famous popular songs over the years. In 2011, John was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame....

    , Chris Farren) - 3:27
  3. "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" (Beth Hart, Glen Burtnik
    Glen Burtnik
    Glen Burtnik is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a former member of Styx.The spelling of his name has changed a few times over the years .Burtnik appeared in the Broadway production of Beatlemania as Paul McCartney,...

    ) - 3:48
  4. "It Gets Better" (Jo Dee Messina) - 4:32
  5. "Who's Crying Now" (Patrick Jason Matthews, George Teren) - 3:29
  6. "My Give a Damn's Busted
    My Give a Damn's Busted
    "My Give a Damn's Busted" is the title of a song, co-written by American country music artist Joe Diffie along with Tom Shapiro and Tony Martin. Diffie originally recorded the song on his 2001 album In Another World. The song was later recorded by Jo Dee Messina for her 2005 album Delicious Surprise...

    " (Joe Diffie
    Joe Diffie
    Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",...

    , Tom Shapiro
    Tom Shapiro
    Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...

    , Tony Martin
    Tony Martin (songwriter)
    Tony Martin is a country music songwriter who has had twelve Number One hits as a songwriter. Among his compositions are "Third Rock from the Sun" by Joe Diffie and "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw....

    ) - 3:18
  7. "It's Too Late to Worry" (Ron Harbin, Danny Wells, Anthony L. Smith) - 3:55
  8. "Life Is Good" (Messina, Mark Selby) - 3:12
  9. "Love Is Not Enough" (Messina, Mike Reid) - 3:55
  10. "Where Were You" (Messina, Bettis, Wayne Kirkpatrick
    Wayne Kirkpatrick
    Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....

    ) - 3:31
  11. "I Wear My Life" (Shaye Smith, Katrina Elam
    Katrina Elam
    Katrina Ruth Elam is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal South Records in 2004, she released her self-titled debut album that year, charting in the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks with the #29 "No End in Sight" and the #59 "I Want a Cowboy"...

    , Christi Dannemiller) - 4:08
  12. "You Were Just Here" (Brett James
    Brett James
    Brett James Cornelius is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Signed to Career Records as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year...

    , Troy Verges
    Troy Verges
    Troy Verges is an American country music songwriter. His credits include the singles "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews, "Blessed" by Martina McBride and "Wasted", all of which went to number one on the country music charts...

    , Hillary Lindsey
    Hillary Lindsey
    Hillary Lindsey is a country music singer-songwriter. As a songwriter, she has written songs with or for Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, and Tim McGraw. One of her compositions, Underwood's Number One hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel",...

    ) - 3:27

Chart performance

Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 7
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