Southern Rain is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus released October 17, 2000.

He described the latter song as "kind of a retro rock country blues thing" and said, "It's got a fun little dancing groove and a great hook.

"[1] "Everywhere I Want to Be" was written by Marty Dodson and Danny Wells, and Cyrus was drawn to the song by his love of power ballads.

Noting that Southern Rain was released during an election year, Cyrus explained that he and his producers wanted "We the People" to be "an event record" and enlisted his personal friend Waylon Jennings, along with John Anderson, Danni Leigh, Montgomery Gentry, and Yankee Grey to join him on the track.

"[2] Cyrus's manager introduced him to a demo of "Love You Back" while the two were en route to Savannah for Southern Rain's album cover photoshoot.

"[1] A radio personality for WSIX-FM introduced Cyrus to "Burn Down the Trailer Park", which was written by Paul Thorn, Billy Maddox, and Pat McDonald.

[4] Cyrus had been wanting to cover "Hey Elvis" ever since Adams personally gave him a recording of the song in 1997 and was initially going to include it on his previous album Shot Full of Love.

"[6] Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly said, "[I]f he gets nearly swallowed up in the power-pop ballads, he shines on the roots rockers — proof that underneath his lightweight, Chippendale reputation, there’s an artist dying to get out.

"[7] A writer for People called the record "standard Cyrus, which means much of it sounds like the work of a frustrated heavy metal singer."