I Got Dreams (song)
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"I Got Dreams" is the title track to Steve Wariner
's 1989 album. "I Got Dreams" was written by Steve Wariner and Bill LaBounty
and was the ninth and final number one on the country chart for Steve 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.
In his book Country Music: A Biogrpahical Dictionary, Richard Carlin wrote that the song was "jazzy" and said that its inclusion of scat singing
made it a "novelty" for country music.
Steve Wariner
Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
's 1989 album. "I Got Dreams" was written by Steve Wariner and Bill LaBounty
Bill LaBounty
Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records...
and was the ninth and final number one on the country chart for Steve 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.
In his book Country Music: A Biogrpahical Dictionary, Richard Carlin wrote that the song was "jazzy" and said that its inclusion of scat singing
Scat singing
In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice.- Structure and syllable choice...
made it a "novelty" for country music.
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 |