It Won't Be the Last explained

It Won't Be the Last is the second studio album by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. Certified Platinum in just under a year after release by the RIAA, the album has sold over 1 million copies in the US and over 3 million copies worldwide. This album produced four singles for Cyrus on the Hot Country Songs charts: "In the Heart of a Woman", "Somebody New", "Words by Heart" and "Talk Some", which reached number #3, number #9, number #12, and number #63, respectively, on the charts. The first, third and fourth singles, plus two album cuts ("Ain't Your Dog No More" and "When I'm Gone") had accompanying music videos. "Somebody New" was covered in 2008 by Jill King, whose version was released as a single, however, it did not chart.

Personnel

Adapted credits from the media notes of It Won't Be the Last.^[1]

Sly Dog

• Billy Ray Cyrus – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Greg Fletcher – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Corky Holbrook – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Michael J. Sagraves – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
• Terry Shelton – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Barton Stevens – keyboards, backing vocals

Additional Musicians

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Clyde Carr – backing vocals
• Costo Davis – keyboards
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Keith D. Hinton – acoustic and electric guitars
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
• Mike Lawler – keyboards
• Neal Matthews – backing vocals
• Joe Scaife – backing vocals
• Gordon Stoker – backing vocals
• Don Von Tress – acoustic, electric and bass guitars, backing vocals
• Ray C. Walker – backing vocals
• Duane West – backing vocals

Production

• Joe Scaife – co-producer, mixing
• Jim Cotton – co-producer, mixing
• Grahame Smith – assistant engineer
• Clyde Carr – assistant engineer
• Todd Culross – assistant engineer
• Hank Williams – mastering
• Ronnie Thomas – digital editing

Artwork

• Kim Markovchick – executive art direction
• Virginia Team – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Peter Nash – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[2]	11
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4]	69
US Billboard 200[5]	73
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6]	16
Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7]	45

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1993	align"left"	"In the Heart of a Woman"	3	76	1
	"Somebody New"	9	104	14
1994	"Words by Heart"	12	119	14
	"Talk Some"	63	—	—
"—" denotes releases that failed to chart

Notes and References

1. It Won't Be the Last. Billy Ray Cyrus. Mercury. 1993. media notes. P2 14758.
2. Web site: Issue date July 31, 1993. RPM. July 31, 1993. July 3, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011092416/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2023&volume=56&issue=5&issue_dt=August%2001%201992&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=61e1mpj235n7ir5ko6e4v47ad4. October 11, 2012. dead.
3. Web site: Issue date July 31, 1993. RPM. July 31, 1993. July 3, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011092434/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2190&volume=58&issue=3&issue_dt=July%2031%201993&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=61e1mpj235n7ir5ko6e4v47ad4. October 11, 2012. dead.
4. Web site: The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1993. Library and Archives Canada. November 22, 2024.
5. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. September 16, 2021.
6. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. September 16, 2021.
7. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994. Billboard. September 16, 2021.