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I'm In

"I'm In"
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Single by Radney Foster
from the album See What You Want to See
B-side "I'm In" (cold intro)
Released 1998
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 5:18 (album version)
4:18 (single version)
Label Arista Austin
Writer(s) Radney Foster
Georgia Middleman
Producer(s) Darrell Brown
Radney Foster singles chronology
"If It Were Me"
(1995)
"I'm In"
(1998)
"Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)"
(1999)
"I'm In"
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Single by The Kinleys
from the album II
B-side "I Need You Now"
Released October 3, 2000
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 4:55 (album version)
3:37 (single version)
Label Epic Nashville 79496
Writer(s) Radney Foster
Georgia Middleman
Producer(s) Radney Foster
The Kinleys singles chronology
"She Ain't the Girl for You"
(2000)
"I'm In"
(2000)
"Little Shoulders"
(2004)
"I'm In"
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Single by Keith Urban
from the album Defying Gravity
Released May 10, 2010
Format Airplay, music download
Recorded 2009
Genre Country
Length 4:33 (album version)
3:42 (radio edit)
Label Capitol Nashville
Writer(s) Radney Foster
Georgia Middleman
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Keith Urban
Keith Urban singles chronology
"'Til Summer Comes Around"
(2009)
"I'm In"
(2010)
"Put You in a Song"
(2010)

"I'm In" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Radney Foster. He recorded it on his 1999 studio album See What You Want to See, which was released on the Arista Austin label. In 2000, The Kinleys released it as a single from the album II, and ten years later, Keith Urban released his version as the fifth single from his album Defying Gravity. Urban's version of the song was a number two hit on the country music charts.

The song is about a male narrator who expresses his desire to commit with his lover, telling her that "If you need a lover and a friend / Baby, I'm in."

Radney Foster wrote the song with Georgia Middleman, and recorded it as a duet with Abra Moore on his 1999 album See What You Want to See. This version was released as the first single from the album, and did not enter the charts. Two weeks before the slated release of the album, See What You Want to See was put on hold due to label restructuring.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called "I'm In" one of "the best moments" on the album, saying that it "showcase[s] him at his best as a songwriter while successfully delivering a fresh, updated sound."

In 1999, country music duo The Kinleys recorded a version of "I'm In" for the album II, released in 2000 via Epic Records. Foster co-produced The Kinleys' version of the song, and five other tracks on the album.

Country Standard Time critic Jeffrey B. Remz, in his review of II, said that The Kinleys' rendition was "radio friendly" and that the duo "strip[s]" the song "from its rootsy feel by going for a bigger, churning sound." Gene Harbrecht of the Orlando Sentinel called it a "hopeful counterpoint punctuated by soaring vocals."


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