It Matters to Me

It Matters to Me
It Matters to Me
Studio album by Faith Hill
Released	August 29, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995 at The Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	36:00
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Scott Hendricks; Faith Hill
Faith Hill chronology
Singles from It Matters to Me
	"Let's Go to Vegas"; Released: July 1995; "It Matters to Me"; Released: November 14, 1995; "Someone Else's Dream"; Released: February 1996; "You Can't Lose Me"; Released: April 1996; "I Can't Do That Anymore"; Released: October 7, 1996;

It Matters to Me is the second studio album by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in August 1995 via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Certified 4× Multi-Platinum by RIAA for shipments of four million copies, it produced five Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Let's Go to Vegas", the title track, "Someone Else's Dream", "You Can't Lose Me", and "I Can't Do That Anymore".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[2]
Los Angeles Times	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Someone Else's Dream"	Trey Bruce Craig Wiseman	3:37
2.	"Let's Go to Vegas"	Karen Staley	3:11
3.	"It Matters to Me"	Ed Hill Mark D. Sanders	3:17
4.	"Bed of Roses"	Jaime Kyle Will Rambeaux	3:05
5.	"A Man's Home Is His Castle"	Ariel Caten	4:16
6.	"You Can't Lose Me"	Bruce Thom McHugh	3:52
7.	"I Can't Do That Anymore"	Alan Jackson	4:04
8.	"A Room in My Heart"	Sunny Russ	3:53
9.	"You Will Be Mine"	Rob Honey	3:15
10.	"Keep Walkin' On" (with Shelby Lynne)	Staley Tricia Walker	3:28
Total length:			36:00

Personnel

Gary Carter – pedal steel guitar
Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Trey Gray – drums
Lisa Gregg – background vocals
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
John Hobbs – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Steve Hornbeak – background vocals
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Robert Johnson – background vocals
Anthony Joyner – bass guitar
Elaine Krisle – piano
Carl Marsh – synthesizer
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Wendell Mobley – background vocals
Matt Rollings – piano
Pam Rose – background vocals
Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
Karen Staley – background vocals
Harry Stinson – background vocals
Russ Taff – background vocals
Lou Toomey – electric guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
Cindy Richardson Walker – background vocals
Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Reese Wynans – piano, Hammond B-3 organ

Hand claps on "Keep Walkin' On" performed by Mark Capps, Bill Cuomo, Paul Franklin, Darrell Franklin, Scott Hendricks, Faith Hill, Brent Mason, Michelle Perry, Michael Spriggs, Lonnie Wilson, and Glenn Worf.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	40
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	2
US Billboard 200^[5]	29
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	58
Chart (1996)	Position
US Billboard 200^[8]	61
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	10
Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	4× Platinum	400,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[12]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.