Tell Me I Was Dreaming

"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

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

The controversial music video was directed by Michael Merriman. It was filmed in Austin, Texas. 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
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	36
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	14

References

↑ Billboard, April 8, 1995
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9028." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 3, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
↑ "Travis Tritt Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Travis Tritt.
↑ "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.

Travis Tritt singles

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 Girl's Gone Wild" "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp) "I See Me"

The Storm	"You Never Take Me Dancing" "Something Stronger Than Me"

The Calm After...	"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)

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"