Lead On is the fifteenth studio album by Americancountry music artistGeorge Strait. The album was released on November 8, 1994 byMCA Nashville and was certified platinum in the U.S. for sales of one million copies. It includes the singles "The Big One", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "Lead On", and "Adalida", which respectively reached No. 1, No. 1, No. 7 and No. 3 on theHot Country Songs charts between 1994 and 1995. The album's title track was co-written byAlabama bass guitarist Teddy Gentry. "I Met a Friend of Yours Today" was originally recorded byMel Street.