BTR is the debut studio album by pop boyband Big Time Rush. Released on October 11, 2010, the track listing for the album was announced on September 1, 2010. The album was preceded by the release of several promotional singles, including their self-titled debut single, Big Time Rush. Other promotional songs include "Any Kind of Guy", "City Is Ours", and "Halfway There", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US. On September 21, the band released yet another promotional single, titled "Til I Forget About You". It was the last song to precede the album's release of October 11, 2010. "Boyfriend", which features vocals from rapper Snoop Dogg, was the first official single from the album and has become the band's biggest hit to date, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as reaching the Top 40 of the Pop Songs music chart in the US. Despite not being released as a single, the song "Big Night" also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, where it also reached a peak of seventy-nine.
The album itself was also met with massive commercial success. In its first week of release in the US, BTR sold over 67,000 copies, landing it at the number three position on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[1] Along with its mainstream success, it also topped the Top Soundtracks, and Kid Albums chart in the US. The album has also managed to gain recognition in Mexico, as well as the Dutch Albums Chart, where it peaked at nine, and Forty-three respectively.The album has received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 740,000 copies.
When the chips are down, back against the wall
Got no more to give 'cause we gave it all
Seems like going a distance is unrealistic
But we're too far from the start
So we take what comes and we keep on going
Leaning on each other's shoulders
Then we turn around and see we've come so far somehow
We're halfway there, we're looking good now
Nothing's gonna get in the way
We're halfway there and looking back now
I'd never thought that I'd ever say
We're halfway there, we're halfway there
If you never flew, we would never fall
If the world was ours, we would have it all
But the life we live isn't so simplistic
You just don't get what you want
So we take what comes and we keep on going
Leaning on each other's shoulders
Then we turn around and see we've come so far somehow
We're halfway there, we're looking good now
Nothing's gonna get in the way
We're halfway there and looking back now
I'd never thought that I'd ever say
We're halfway there, we're halfway there
How you ever gonna reach the stars
If you never get off the ground?
And you're always here where you are
If you let life knock you down
We're halfway there, we're looking good now
Nothing's gonna get in the way
We're halfway there and looking back now
I'd never thought that I'd ever say
We're halfway there, we're halfway there
(Oh, we're halfway there, halfway there)
Oh, we're halfway there, halfway there
Oh, we're halfway there, halfway there