What a Song Can Do (Chapter One)

What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) is the third extended play by American country music trio Lady Antebellum, and their first since shortening their group name to Lady A from Lady Antebellum. It was released through Big Machine on June 25, 2021.

Release and promotion

"Like a Lady", the album's first single, was performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 19, 2021. Lady A announced What a Song Can Do on June 9.

Tour

Lady A will embark on the What a Song Can Do Tour in support of the album. It began on July 29, 2021, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from What a Song Can Do album liner notes.

Lady A

• Dave Haywood – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (all tracks), mandolin (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6), strings (track 1), synthesizer (track 1), bar noise (track 1)
• Charles Kelley – vocals (all tracks)
• Hillary Scott – vocals (all tracks)

Musicians

• David Angell – violin (track 7)
• Monisa Angell – viola (track 7)
• Kevin Bate – cello (track 7)
• Jenny Bifano – violin (track 7)
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (all tracks)
• Dave Cohen – B-3 organ (tracks 1, 2, 6), keyboards (track 3), piano (tracks 2, 4–7), synthesizer (tracks 4, 5, 7)
• David Davidson – violin (track 7)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle (track 3)
• Justin Ebach – electric guitar (track 5), programming (track 5), synthesizer (track 5), synth bass (track 5)
• Sam Ellis – programming (track 2)
• Alicia Enstrom – violin (track 7)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5)
• Jesse Frasure – programming (track 4)
• Austin Hoke – cello (track 7)
• Dann Huff – bouzouki (track 5), dobro (tracks 3, 5), dobro solo (track 5), electric guitar (all tracks except 4 & 7), electric guitar solo (tracks 1–3, 6), high string acoustic guitar (track 5), programming (tracks 2–4), synth bass (track 3)
• David Huff – programming (all tracks)
• Jun Iwasaki – violin (track 7)
• Martin Johnson – electric guitar (track 3)
• Charlie Judge – piano (track 2), synthesizer (tracks 2, 5, 7)
• Betsy Lamb – viola (track 7)
• Justin Niebank – programming (all tracks except 3)
• Brandon Paddock – dobro (track 3), programming (track 3)
• Jordan Reynolds – programming (track 1)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (all tracks)
• Aaron Sterling – drums (all tracks), percussion (tracks 3, 6, 7)
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (all tracks except 3 & 7), banjo (tracks 3, 5), dobro (track 7) mandolin (track 3)
• Kris Wilkinson – string arrangements (track 7)
• Karen Winkelmann – violin (track 7)

Production

• Sean R. Badum – assistant engineer
• Jesse Brock – mixing assistant
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination
• Dann Huff – producer
• David Huff - editing
• Martin Johnson – producer
• Joe LaPorta — mastering
• Steve Marcantonio – recording
• Buckley Miller – recording
• Steve Moffitt – mixing
• Justin Nieback – mixing
• Brian Paddock – producing
• Chris Small – editing
• Michael Walter – assistant engineer

Charts

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