Something Inside So Strong is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers released in 1989. The album includes the singles "When You Put Your Heart in It", "Planet Texas", "The Vows Go Unbroken", "Something Inside So Strong", and "Maybe". Gladys Knight, Anne Murray, Holly Dunn, and Ronald Isley are featured as duet partners. Jim Ed Norman produced the album, with additional production from Steve Dorff on "If I Ever Fall in Love Again".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Planet Texas"	John Andrew Parks III	4:53
2.	"(Something Inside) So Strong"	Labi Siffre	5:00
3.	"If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)" (featuring Gladys Knight)	Richard Butler, Robert Byrne	3:54
4.	"One Night"	Mike Reid, Troy Seals	4:38
5.	"There Lies the Difference"	Pat Bunch, Steve Dorff	4:23
6.	"If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (featuring Anne Murray)	Dorff, Gloria Sklerov	3:36
7.	"When You Put Your Heart in It"	James Patrick Dunne, Austin Roberts	3:41
8.	"The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)"	Gary Burr, Eric Kaz	3:31
9.	"Maybe" (featuring Holly Dunn)	Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn	3:29
10.	"Love the Way You Do" (featuring Ronald Isley)	Kye Fleming, Richard Kerr	7:49

Personnel

Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1, 4-9)
John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (3)
Jim Ed Norman – acoustic piano (10)
David Innis – synthesizers (1, 4, 7, 10)
Phil Naish – synthesizers (1-6, 9, 10)
Dennis Burnside – synthesizers (2, 8)
Mike Lawler – synthesizers (3, 4, 7-10)
Shane Keister – synthesizers (4)
Edgar Struble – synthesizers (5), backing vocals (5)
Randy Kerber – synthesizers (6)
Carl Marsh – synthesizers (7)
Steve Gibson – guitar (1-7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (8)
Michael Landau – guitar (6)
Dean Parks – guitar (6)
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (8, 10)
David Hungate – bass (1, 4)
Michael Rhodes – bass (2, 6, 7, 8)
Willie Weeks – bass (3)
Mike Brignardello – bass (5, 9)
Paul Leim – drums
Jim Horn – saxophone (4, 10)
Mark Kibble – backing vocals (1, 4)
Claude V. McKnight III – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
John Andrew Parks III – backing vocals (1)
David Thomas – backing vocals (1, 2)
Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (1, 2)
Alvin Chea – backing vocals (2)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (2)
First Church Inspirational Choir – choir (2)
Antoinette Wilson – choir conductor (2)
Chris Harris – backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Mark Heimerman – backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 10)
Gladys Knight – lead vocals (3)
Gary Janney – backing vocals (4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Steven Glassmeyer – backing vocals (5)
Eugene Golden – backing vocals (5)
Joe Chemay – backing vocals (6)
Anne Murray – lead vocals (6)
Tony Sciuto – backing vocals (6)
Terry Williams – backing vocals (6)
Ricky Skaggs – backing vocals (8)
Sharon White – backing vocals (8)
Holly Dunn – lead vocals (9)
Ronald Isley – backing vocals (10)

Production

Producers – Jim Ed Norman (Tracks 1-10); Steve Dorff (Additional production on Track 6).
Production Assistant – Danny Kee
Engineer – Eric Prestidge
Additional and Assistant Engineers – Joel Bouchillon, Scott Campbell, Robert Charles, Ken Frissen, Jeff Giedt, Lee Groitsch, Brian Hardin, Craig Hansen, John Hurley, Daniel Johnston, John David Parker, Hershey Reeves, Doug Smith, Bart Stevens and James Valentini.
Recorded at 16th Avenue Sound, Audio Media Recorders, Digital Recorders, The Loft and MasterMix (Nashville, TN); Sound Cell Recording Studios (Hunstville, AL); Bill Schnee Studios (Hollywood, CA); Manta Sound (Toronto, ON, Canada).
Edited by Keith Odle at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, TN).
Mastered by Glenn Meadows and Eric Prestidge at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
Art Direction and Design – Laura LiPuma
Photography – Kelly Junkerman and David Skernick
Management – Ken Kragen

Charts

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	133
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	13
Canadian Albums (RPM)	92
US Billboard 200^[3]	141
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	10

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1989)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	35
Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	43

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r93965
^ "Kenny Rogers ARIA chart history, received March 31, 2020". Imgur.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers – Something Inside So Strong". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

v t e Kenny Rogers
Studio albums	Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me? The Heart of the Matter They Don't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges You Can't Make Old Friends Life Is Like a Song
Collaboration albums	Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Classics (with Dottie West) Timepiece (with David Foster)
Christmas albums	Christmas Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Once Again It's Christmas
Compilations	Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits (1980) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits (1988) Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones
Notable singles	"That Crazy Feeling" "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" "But You Know I Love You" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Something's Burning" "Love Lifted Me" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Lucille" "Daytime Friends" "Sweet Music Man" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) "Love or Something Like It" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West) "The Gambler" "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) "She Believes in Me" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) "You Decorated My Life" "Coward of the County" "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) "Love the World Away" "Lady" "I Don't Need You" "Share Your Love with Me" "Blaze of Glory" "Through the Years" "Love Will Turn You Around" "A Love Song" "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) "All My Life" "Scarlet Fever" "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) "Eyes That See in the Dark" "This Woman" "Buried Treasure" "Together Again" (with Dottie West) "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) "Evening Star" "Crazy" "Morning Desire" "Goodbye Marie" "Tomb of the Unknown Love" "Twenty Years Ago" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap) "I Prefer the Moonlight" "The Factory" "I Don't Call Him Daddy" "When You Put Your Heart in It" "Planet Texas" "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn) "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton) "Crazy in Love" "If You Want to Find Love" "Ol' Red" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "He Will, She Knows" "There You Go Again" "Homeland" "I Can't Unlove You"
Guest singles	"What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)
Other songs	"Elvira" "You and I" (with the Bee Gees)
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