Trail in Life (song)

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"Trail in Life"
Single by Dean Brody
from the album Trail in Life
ReleasedOctober 25, 2010 (2010-10-25)
Genre Country
Length4:37
Label Open Road
Songwriter(s) Dean Brody
Producer(s) Matt Rovey
Dean Brodysingles chronology
"Roll That Barrel Out"
(2010)
"Trail in Life"
(2010)
"People Know You by Your First Name"
(2011)

"Trail in Life" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released in October 2010 as the third single to his 2010 album Trail in Life . The song reached number 81 on the Canadian Hot 100 in early 2011.

Contents

Content

The narrator is a man who wonders what happened to his teenage mother who gave him up for adoption. [1]

Reception

Roughstock critic Matt Bjorke called it a "beautifully written and sung song that recalls Garth Brooks’ "What She's Doing Now" in some parts but is a much, much more interesting song in that the verses discuss different parts of the narrator's life, from that first love to that college best friend to his life as an adopted child in a loving family." He goes on to call it "personal and intimate." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeth Weinrich and premiered in November 2010. The music video was filmed in Manhattan and Montauk, New York, the video also features scenes set at Long Island’s Deep Hollow Ranch.

Chart positions

Chart (2010–11)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 81

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References

  1. Brody happy to be back on N.S. soil for Dirt tour Halifax Chronicle-Herald
  2. Bjorke, Matt. "Dean Brody — "Trail in Life"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  3. "Dean Brody Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.