"I Got Dreams"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album I Got Dreams
B-side"The Loser Wins"
ReleasedJune 1989 (U.S.)
Recorded1988
GenreCountry
Length3:52
LabelMCA
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.

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

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 372.
  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.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.


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