You 're Gonna Miss This - wikipedia You 're Gonna Miss This `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' Single by Trace Adkins from the album American Man : Greatest Hits Volume II Released January 14, 2008 ( 2008 - 01 - 14 ) Format CD single Genre Country Length 3 : 44 Label Capitol Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Ashley Gorley, Lee Thomas Miller Producer ( s ) Frank Rogers Trace Adkins singles chronology `` I Got My Game On '' ( 2007 ) `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' ( 2008 ) `` Muddy Water '' ( 2008 ) `` I Got My Game On '' ( 2007 ) `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' ( 2008 ) `` Muddy Water '' ( 2008 ) `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' is a song written by Ashley Gorley and Lee Thomas Miller, and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in January 2008 as the second and final single from his album American Man : Greatest Hits Volume II. Adkins 's fastest - climbing single to date, it is his third Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It also peaked at # 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and # 19 on the Pop 100 charts. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 3.1 Year - end charts 4 Certifications 5 References 6 External links Content `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' is a ballad composed of three verses and a bridge, each section portraying an event in the life of an unnamed female character : being driven to school by her mother in the first verse, being visited at her apartment by her father in the second verse, and conversing with a plumber while her kids are misbehaving and making noise in the third verse. In all three of the situations, the song 's other characters ( the parents and the plumber ) assure the central character that although she may not realize it, she will miss the various moments of her life. Ashley Gorley, one of the song 's writers, came up with the central idea for `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' one day while a repairman was working on his house. His two children ( ages two and four at the time ; he has since had a third ) were running around the house and stealing the repairman 's tools ; after Gorley apologized, the repairman replied, `` Do n't worry about it -- I 've got two babies, too. '' Gorley, after determining that the incident with the repairman might work as a song idea, recalled it to Lee Thomas Miller, who then suggested the title `` You 're Gonna Miss This. '' The two then worked backward from the bridge, changing the song 's scenario several times until they finally settled on having the song focus on a female central character. Adkins then decided to record it after hearing it ; being the father of five daughters, its message resonated with him. Upon hearing Adkins 's recording of the song, Gorley felt that Adkins had `` made it something more than it was ''. Music video The song 's music video was filmed in Adkins 's hometown of Sarepta, Louisiana and contains a variety of Americana scenes framed around the singer traveling about in a pickup truck. Chart performance Chart ( 2008 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 12 US Billboard Pop 100 19 Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 11 Year - end charts Chart ( 2008 ) Position US Hot 100 ( Billboard ) 93 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 7 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) 2 × Platinum 2,000,000 sales + streaming figures based on certification alone References Jump up ^ `` Trace Adkins brings `` The Boardroom '' to Nashville ``. That 's Country.com. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Ryan, Jana ( 2008 - 03 - 03 ). `` Sarepta plays host to Trace Adkins video ''. NWLA News. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Horner, Alanna ( 2008 - 05 - 19 ). `` Story Behind the Song ''. Country Weekly. 15 ( 10 ) : 14. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Trace Adkins Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Trace Adkins Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Trace Adkins Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2008 : Hot 100 ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2008 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Trace Adkins -- You % 27re Gonna Miss This ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 7, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Trace Adkins Studio albums Dreamin ' Out Loud Big Time More... Chrome Comin ' On Strong Songs About Me Dangerous Man X Cowboy 's Back in Town Proud to Be Here Love Will... The King 's Gift Something 's Going On Compilation albums Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 American Man : Greatest Hits Volume II The Definitive Greatest Hits : ' Til the Last Shot 's Fired Notable singles `` There 's a Girl in Texas '' `` Every Light in the House '' `` ( This Ai n't ) No Thinkin ' Thing '' `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' `` The Rest of Mine '' `` Lonely Wo n't Leave Me Alone '' `` Big Time '' `` Do n't Lie '' `` More '' `` I 'm Gonna Love You Anyway '' `` I 'm Tryin ' '' `` Help Me Understand '' `` Chrome '' `` Then They Do '' `` Hot Mama '' `` Rough & Ready '' `` Songs About Me '' `` Arlington '' `` Honky Tonk Badonkadonk '' `` Swing '' `` Ladies Love Country Boys '' `` I Wanna Feel Something '' `` I Got My Game On '' `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' `` Muddy Water '' `` Marry for Money '' `` All I Ask For Anymore '' `` This Ai n't No Love Song '' `` Brown Chicken Brown Cow '' `` Just Fishin ' '' `` Million Dollar View '' `` Jesus and Jones '' `` Still a Soldier '' Guest singles `` Hillbilly Bone '' ( with Blake Shelton ) Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_Gonna_Miss_This&oldid=855044025 '' Categories : 2008 singles 2007 songs Trace Adkins songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs written by Ashley Gorley Songs written by Lee Thomas Miller Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers ( record producer ) Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil Country ballads Capitol Records Nashville singles Hidden categories : Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk More Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 15 August 2018, at 15 : 00 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote you're gonna miss this
Answer: Ashley Gorley