Helping Me Get Over You Explained

Helping Me Get Over You
Type:single
Artist:Travis Tritt with Lari White
Album:The Restless Kind
Released:July 26, 1997
Genre:Country
Length:4:09
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Chronology:Travis Tritt
Prev Title:She's Going Home with Me
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Still in Love with You
Next Year:1997

"Helping Me Get Over You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Travis Tritt and Lari White. It was released in July 1997 as the fourth single from Tritt's album The Restless Kind. The song reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It was nominated for a TNN/MCN Music award that year.[2]

Content

The song is a slow ballad with an approximate tempo of 76 beats per minute. It begins with Tritt singing the first verse and chorus in the key of F major, then modulates downward to B-flat major for White, who sings the second verse and chorus.[3] It includes piano, timpani, and a four-piece string section arranged by David Campbell.

Personnel

Compiled from The Restless Kind liner notes.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 354.
  2. Book: Rutledge, Leigh. Celebrated left-handers: fabulous facts about famous southpaws. 1999. 103. MJF Books . 9781567316063. 5 October 2016.
  3. Web site: 'Helping Me Get Over You' sheet music. musicnotes.com. 22 October 2000 . 5 October 2016.
  4. The Restless Kind . Travis Tritt . 1996 . CD booklet . Warner Bros. Records . 46304.