Dream Walkin' is a 1997 studio album from American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Toby Keith

Toby Keith

Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...

. His last studio album for Mercury Records (by this point, all of PolyGram

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's Nashville operations were consolidated under the Mercury name), it was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. The tracks "We Were in Love", "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", "Dream Walkin'", and "Double Wide Paradise" were all released as singles. Respectively, these reached #2, #2, #5, and #40 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts, making this the first studio album of Keith's career not to produce any Number One hits.

"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" was originally recorded by British rock artist Sting on his 1997 album Mercury Falling, from which it was released as a single. The version featured here is a duet with Sting, and is Sting's only entry on the country music charts.

"Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules, Miss All the Fun)" was later included in the soundtrack to the 2005 film Broken Bridges

Broken Bridges

Broken Bridges is a 2006 film starring Toby Keith, Lindsey Haun, Burt Reynolds and Kelly Preston. The film, a music-drama, is centred on a fading country singer's return to his hometown near a military base in Kentucky where several young men who were killed in a training exercise on the base were...

, which was also Keith's debut as an actor.

A music video was filmed for "Tired", although it was not released as a single.

Track listing

1. "We Were in Love
   We Were in Love
   "We Were in Love" is the title of a song written by Chuck Cannon and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in June 1997 as the lead-off single from his 1997 album Dream Walkin'...
   
   " (Chuck Cannon
   Chuck Cannon
   Charles Marion "Chuck" Cannon, Jr. is an American country music songwriter. His compositions include hit singles for Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery. Cannon has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year...
   
   , Allen Shamblin
   Allen Shamblin
   Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
   
   ) - 4:20
2. "Dream Walkin'
   Dream Walkin' (song)
   "Dream Walkin" is the title of a song recorded by country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from his 1997 album of the same name...
   
   " (Toby Keith, Cannon) - 3:56
3. "You Don't Anymore" (Keith, Eric Silver) - 3:28
4. "Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules Miss All the Fun)" (Keith, Cannon) - 2:58
5. "Tired" (Keith, Cannon) - 4:42
6. "Double Wide Paradise" (Paul Thorn
   Paul Thorn
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   , Billy Maddox) - 3:43
7. "Yet" (Keith, Cannon) - 4:18
8. "She Ran Away with a Rodeo Clown" (Keith) - 2:56
9. "Strangers Again" (Keith) - 3:25
10. "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
    I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
    "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" is a song written and recorded by English rock singer Sting. It was released from his 1996 album Mercury Falling. The song was also released as a single, and reached #94 and #54 on the U.S. and UK singles charts, respectively. Sting also recorded the song as a...
    
    " (Sting) - 3:59
    • duet with Sting
11. "I Don't Understand My Girlfriend" (Keith, Jim Femino) - 2:33

Personnel

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Larry Byrom
  Larry Byrom
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   – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   – steel guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
  Drum kit
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• Dann Huff
  Dann Huff
  Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
  
   – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Clayton Ivey – piano
  Piano
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• Michael Landau – electric guitar
• Brent Mason
  Brent Mason
  Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
  
   – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
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• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Paul Thorn – background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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   on "Double Wide Paradise"
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Curtis Wright
  Curtis Wright
  Curtis Blaine Wright is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records...
  
  – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	107