I Got Dreams (song) explained

I Got Dreams
Type:single
Artist:Steve Wariner
Album:I Got Dreams
B-Side:The Loser Wins
Released:June 1989 (U.S.)
Recorded:1988
Genre:Country
Length:3:52
Label:MCA
Prev Title:Where Did I Go Wrong
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:When I Could Come Home to You
Next Year:1989

"I Got Dreams" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in June 1989 as the second single and title track from the album I Got Dreams. The song was the ninth and final number one on the country chart for Wariner as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart.[1] Wariner wrote the song with Bill LaBounty.

Critical reception

In his book Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary, Richard Carlin wrote that the song was "jazzy" and said that its inclusion of scat singing made it a "novelty" for country music.[2]

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 26
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 5

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 372.
  2. Book: Carlin, Richard. Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. 420. 978-0-415-93802-0 . 2003 . Taylor & Francis.
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989. RPM. December 23, 1989. August 28, 2013.
  4. Web site: Best of 1989: Country Songs . . . 1989. August 28, 2013.