I Should Be Sleeping

"I Should Be Sleeping"
Single by Emerson Drive
from the album Emerson Drive
B-side "Hollywood Kiss"
Released October 22, 2001
Format CD single, 7"
Genre Country
Length 2:57
Label DreamWorks Records
Writer(s) Shaye Smith
Lisa Drew
Producer Julian King
Richard Marx
James Stroud
Emerson Drive singles chronology
"Some Trains Never Come"
(1998)
"I Should Be Sleeping"
(2001)
"Fall Into Me"
(2002)

"I Should Be Sleeping" is the title of a song written by Shaye Smith and Lisa Drew, and recorded by Canadian country music group Emerson Drive. It was released in October 2001 as their first single from their debut self-titled album, Emerson Drive. The song reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart reaching a peak of #4. It also peaked at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Contents

Content

The narrator states that he should be sleeping instead of dreaming about his significant other.

Music video

The music video was directed by Thom Oliphant and premiered in late 2001.

Chart positions

"I Should Be Sleeping" debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of November 10, 2001.

Chart (2001-2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 35

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.