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What About Me?

What About Me? is the title of a 1984 album by Kenny Rogers, released by RCA (see 1984 in music).

After success in 1983 with the album Eyes That See in the Dark (which featured songs composed by The Bee Gees exclusively for Rogers), Rogers' solo career had now been successful for at least eight years. While the critics were mixed about his brand of Country/Pop/AOR, it was popular with his fans, and his singles and albums charted across the board; even though one critic did describe What About Me? as "cold and clean, typifying the worst in mid-'80s adult contemporary".

The album's title track, "What About Me?", is sung in trio with soul singer James Ingram and Rogers' former New Christy Minstrels bandmate turned solo star Kim Carnes, which is a love song that reached #1 on the AOR charts and was also a pop and country hit. Elsewhere on the album is "Two Hearts, One Love", "The Stranger" (a story song in the vein of Rogers' previous hits such as "The Gambler" and "Lucille"), "The Night Goes On" (a R&B influenced ballad) and "Crazy" (a song Rogers co-wrote with Richard Marx which is in the style of "Through the Years") that also charted and gave Rogers yet another #1 hit.

Though this album didn't enjoy the success of his previous albums, What About Me? was a hit with its strongest showing being #9 on the Country music album charts during a chart run of nearly a year.