Wave on Wave is the seventh studio album released by American country music

Country music

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 artist Pat Green

Pat Green

Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA...

. Released in 2003 on Universal

Universal Records

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/Republic Records

Republic Records

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 in association with Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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, it produced two singles for Green on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts. The title track, the first of these two singles, became Green's highest charting single, peaking at No. 3 on the country charts, while "A Guy Like Me" reached No. 31. Wave on Wave has been certified gold by the RIAA It has been noted by many fans that the prominent guitar line from "Wave on Wave" closely resembles the guitar line from Mike and The Mechanics' "In the Living Years" from 1988.

Track listing

The Pat Green Band

• Pat Green
  Pat Green
  Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA...
  
   - vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Brendon Anthony - violin
  Violin
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• Brett Danaher - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , baritone guitar
  Baritone guitar
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  , banjo
  Banjo
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• Jondan McBride - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , 12 string guitar, tenor guitar
  Tenor guitar
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , harmony vocals
• David Neuhauser - electric, acoustic, baritone & slide guitar
  Slide guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , B3 organ, Wurlitzer
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• Justin Pollard - drums, percussion
• Michael Taraby - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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Special Guest Appearances

• John Carroll - electric guitar on "Elvis"
• Chad Cromwell
  Chad Cromwell
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   - drums on "Wave on Wave"
• Mike Daly
  Mike Daly
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   - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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  , dobro
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• John Jarvis - piano on "Wave on Wave"
• Sasha Ostrovsky - steel guitar on "Wave on Wave"
• Waylon Payne
  Waylon Payne
  Waylon Payne is an American country singer, songwriter, musician and actor.-Early life:Payne was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of guitarist Jody Payne and Grammy Award-winning country singer Sammi Smith. His father became a longtime picker for Willie Nelson; his mother toured with Waylon...
  
   - acoustic guitar on "Elvis", harmony vocals
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar on "Wave on Wave"
• Walt Wilkins - acoustic guitar on "Wrapped", harmony vocals
• Curtis Wright - background vocals on "Wave on Wave"

Album

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	10

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
2003	"Wave on Wave Wave on Wave (song) "Wave on Wave" is a single by American country music artist Pat Green. It was the first single released from his 2003 album, Wave on Wave. It reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the United States, and peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became his first and, to date, only... "	3	39
2004	"Guy Like Me"	31	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications