Tell Me I Was Dreaming
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"Tell Me I Was Dreaming" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by country music
artist Travis Tritt
. It was released in April 1995 the fourth and final single released from his 1994 album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof. It peaked at #2 in the United States, and #3 in Canada.
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."
. It is the second video in Travis Tritt's trilogy of videos featuring him as Mac Singleton, a crippled U.S. Army veteran. The first video being the chart-topping "Anymore", and the third one being "If I Lost You". In this video, his wife Annie falls and hits her head on the docks while cleaning a boat. She dies, although the baby girl that she was carrying survives. Mac names the baby after Annie.
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 Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct...
. It was released in April 1995 the fourth and final single released from his 1994 album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof. It peaked at #2 in the United States, and #3 in Canada.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of BillboardBillboard (magazine)
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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."
Music video
The controversial music video was directed by Michael Merriman. It was filmed in Austin, TexasAustin, Texas
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. It is the second video in Travis Tritt's trilogy of videos featuring him as Mac Singleton, a crippled U.S. Army veteran. The first video being the chart-topping "Anymore", and the third one being "If I Lost You". In this video, his wife Annie falls and hits her head on the docks while cleaning a boat. She dies, although the baby girl that she was carrying survives. Mac names the baby after Annie.
Track Note
- The nearly 6 and a half minute version is on the album itself. There is also an edit which appears on Tritt's first greatest hits collection (Greatest Hits: From The Beginning), which is under five minutes (4:52), being shorn of the jam at the end.
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 |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 |