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 | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Travis Tritt, Bruce Ray Brown | |||
| Producer(s) | Gregg Brown | |||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]The song "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" was a major success, due in large part to its controversial and tragic music video. The video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in early 1995. It was filmed in Austin, Texas, and is the second trilogy video by Travis Tritt that tell the story of Mac Singleton, a paraplegic U.S. Army veteran. The first video in the trilogy was "Anymore," which topped the charts in 1991, and the third was "If I Lost You," which was a Top 30 hit in 1998. In the second video, Mac and his wife Annie live in a lakefront community where they own and operate a marina and boatyard business. Their business partner is Al, a fellow disabled veteran who Mac met while they were both patients at a military clinic several years earlier.
Al was confined to a wheelchair when he and Mac first met. The injury that caused him to be in the wheelchair was war-related. Al has since undergone physical therapy and can now walk again with the aid of a cane. Annie is pregnant with hers and Mac's first child. One day at work, Annie loses her balance after stepping onto the ledge of a boat to grab a pail of soap. She screams for help before she slips and falls into the water, striking her head violently on the dock and causing her to bleed. Mac witnesses this and frantically rushes to Annie's side in a desperate attempt to save her, but his paralysis prevents him from giving proper assistance. Al overhears the commotion from inside his office and rushes over to help.
After being pulled out of the water, Annie is rushed to the nearest hospital. There, a team of doctors attempt to revive her. As a precaution, they also perform a cesarean section to deliver her unborn child safely. After Annie flatlined during the C-section, the surgeon performed CPR and resuscitated her. However, she died soon after from severe head trauma. When Mac learned that Annie had died, he was grief-stricken. After Annie's death, Mac was devastated. He decided to name his daughter after her in her memory. He also enlisted Al as her co-guardian, but he did so discreetly.
Chart positions
[edit]"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 |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 3 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 2 |
Year-end charts
[edit]| Chart (1995) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 36 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 14 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
