Tell Me I Was Dreaming
"Tell Me I Was Dreaming" | ||||
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Single by Travis Tritt | ||||
from the album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof | ||||
Released | April 3, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:53 (single version); 6:28 (album version) | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Travis Tritt, Bruce Ray Brown | |||
Producer(s) | Gregg Brown | |||
Travis Tritt singles chronology | ||||
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"Tell Me I Was Dreaming" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in April 1995 as the fourth and final single from his album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof. It peaked at number 2 in the United States, and number 3 in Canada. The song was written by Tritt and Bruce Ray Brown.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the "big ballad combines an impassioned vocal performance with Gregg Brown's nifty production touches." She goes on to call the song "country through and through."[1]
Music video
The song's major success was largely driven by the controversial and heartbreaking music video, which was directed by Michael Merriman, and premiered in early 1995. It was filmed in Austin, Texas, and is the second video in Travis Tritt's trilogy of videos that tell the story of Mac Singleton, a disabled U.S. Army veteran; the first video being the chart-topping "Anymore" (1991), and the third one being the Top 30 "If I Lost You" (1998). In this video, his pregnant wife Annie is killed while cleaning a boat, subsequently slipping, falling and hitting her head on the docks. A very panicked Mac and his friend, Al, try to rescue her, but unfortunately, she dies at a hospital, although the baby girl that she was carrying survives. Mac names the baby after Annie. The video uses the nearly 5 minute single version (4:53).
Chart positions
"Tell Me I Was Dreaming" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 15, 1995.
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 3 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 2 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1995) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 36 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 14 |
References
- ^ Billboard, April 8, 1995
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9028." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 3, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
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- "Country Club"
- "Help Me Hold On"
- "I'm Gonna Be Somebody"
- "Put Some Drive in Your Country"
- "Drift Off to Dream"
- "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
- "Anymore"
- "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart)
- "Nothing Short of Dying"
- "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"
- "Can I Trust You with My Heart"
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- "Looking Out for Number One"
- "Worth Every Mile"
- "Foolish Pride"
- "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"
- "Between an Old Memory and Me"
- "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
- "Sometimes She Forgets"
- "Only You (And You Alone)"
- "More Than You'll Ever Know"
- "Where Corn Don't Grow"
- "She's Going Home with Me"
- "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White)
- "Still in Love with You"
- "If I Lost You"
- "No More Looking Over My Shoulder"
- "Start the Car"
- "The Girl's Gone Wild"
- "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp)
- "I See Me"
- "You Never Take Me Dancing"
- "Something Stronger Than Me"
- "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)
- "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart)
- "Take It Easy"
- "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart)
- "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart)
- "Hope"
- "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall)
- "Same Old Train"
- "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless)
- "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels)
- "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat)
- "Move It On Over"
- "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean"
- "Outlaws & Outsiders"