Draw Me a Map

"Draw Me a Map"
Single by Dierks Bentley
from the album Up on the Ridge
Released August 23, 2010 (2010-08-23)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre
Length 3:31
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jon Randall
Dierks Bentley singles chronology
"Up on the Ridge"
(2010)
"Draw Me a Map"
(2010)
"Am I the Only One"
(2011)

"Up on the Ridge"
(2010)
"Draw Me a Map"
(2010)
"Am I the Only One"
(2011)

"Draw Me a Map" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in August 2010 as the fifteenth single release of his career and the second and final single from his 2010 bluegrass album Up on the Ridge.

Critical reception

Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs up", calling it "a plaintive ballad that easily fits among the best singles of the year." He praised the "rich images" of the lyrics and the backing vocals from Alison Krauss.[1] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave it a full five-star rating, calling the single "a near-flawless exercise in simplicity."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in late 2010.

Chart performance

With a peak of number 33 on Hot Country Songs, "Draw Me a Map" was the lowest-peaking single of Bentley's career, until Bourbon in Kentucky failed to break the Top 40.[3]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 33
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[5] 8

References

  1. Boldt, Blake (24 August 2010). "Dierks Bentley — "Draw Me a Map"". Engine 145. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. Peacock, Bobby (29 August 2010). "Dierks Bentley — "Draw Me a Map"". Roughstock. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. "Dierks Bentley chart history". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  4. "Dierks Bentley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Dierks Bentley.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 76. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
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