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"Drift Off to Dream" Single by Travis Tritt from the album Country Club Released January 1991 Recorded 1989 Genre Country Length 5:15 (album version) Label Warner Bros. Writer(s) Travis Tritt, Stewart Harris Producer Gregg Brown Travis Tritt singles chronology "Put Some Drive in Your Country"
(1990)"Drift Off to Dream"
(1991)"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
(1991)Drift Off to Dream is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt, released as the fifth and final single from his 1990 debut album, Country Club. It peaked at #3 in the United States, while it became his third number-one hit in Canada.
Contents
Content
"Drift Off to Dream" is a mid-tempo waltz. It begins with the male narrator, alone in a bar, thinking about a lover whom he would like to meet. He imagines holding hands with her on a blanket in the yard and kissing until she "drift[s] off to dream" in his arms.
Music video
The music video was directed by Sherman Halsey.
Personnel
The following musicians play on this track:[1]
- Sam Bacco – suspended cymbal, percussion
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro
- Dana McVicker – background vocals
- Edgar Meyer – arco bass
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle
- Bobby Ogdin – piano
- Steve Turner – drums, percussion
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
- Terri Williams – background vocals
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
Chart positions
Chart (1991) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 3 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 Preceded by
"Rockin' Years"
by Dolly Parton with Ricky Van SheltonRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
May 25, 1991Succeeded by
"If I Know Me"
by George StraitReferences
- ^ (1989) Album notes for Country Club by Travis Tritt [cassette liner]. Warner Bros. Records (4-26094).
Country Club "Country Club" · "Help Me Hold On" · "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" · "Put Some Drive in Your Country" · "Drift Off to Dream"It's All About to Change "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" · "Anymore" · "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart) · "Nothing Short of Dying"T-R-O-U-B-L-E "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"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof "Foolish Pride" · "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" · "Between an Old Memory and Me" · "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"Greatest Hits: From the Beginning "Sometimes She Forgets" · "Only You (And You Alone)"The Restless Kind "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"No More Looking over My Shoulder "If I Lost You" · "No More Looking Over My Shoulder" · "Start the Car"Down the Road I Go "Best of Intentions" · "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" · "Love of a Woman" · "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"Strong Enough "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" · "Country Ain't Country"My Honky Tonk History The Storm "You Never Take Me Dancing" · "Something Stronger Than Me"Other songs "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"Categories:- Travis Tritt songs
- 1991 singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Songs written by Travis Tritt
- Music videos directed by Sherman Halsey
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