I Got Dreams (song)

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"I Got Dreams"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album I Got Dreams
B-side "The Loser Wins"
ReleasedJune 1989 (U.S.)
Recorded1988
Genre Country
Length3:52
Label MCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"Where Did I Go Wrong"
(1989)
"I Got Dreams"
(1989)
"When I Could Come Home to You"
(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.

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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

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 26
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 5

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References

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  2. Carlin, Richard (2003). Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. p. 420. ISBN   978-0-415-93802-0.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6591." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 2, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  4. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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