“You’re Gonna Miss This” – Single by Trace Adkins from the album American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II.
Released: January 14, 2008
Label: Capitol Nashville
Songwriter: Ashley Gorley, Lee Thomas Miller
Producer: Frank Rogers
Charted No.1 in US (Billboard HOT 100), No.1 in US Hot Country Songs.
It was released in January 2008 as the second and final single from Adkins’ compilation album American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II. Adkins’s fastest-climbing single to date, it is his third number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It also peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 19 on the Pop 100 charts.
The song’s music video was filmed in Adkins’s hometown of Sarepta, Louisiana with additional scenes are from Plain Dealing, Louisiana. It contains a variety of Americana scenes framed around the singer traveling about in a pickup truck. The video was directed by Peter Zavadil.
This song written by Ashley Gorley and Lee Thomas Miller was named Song of the Year at the 39th Annual Nashville Songwriters Hall Fame induction ceremony in Nashville.
The song originated with an actual incident that happened to Gorley when his kids were running around as his repairman was working. The maintenance guy told him and his wife he’s got two babies of his own, aged 36 and 23.
Gorley explained to American Songwriter that he told Lee Thomas Miller the story, saying “Hey, this happened, I feel like there’s a song in there somewhere.'”
They decided on the “You’re Gonna Miss This” title and started working on different angles.
