Dream Walkin'
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dream Walkin'
| type = studio
| artist = Toby Keith
| cover = TobyKeithDreamWalkin.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 24, 1997
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 40:18
| label = Mercury Records
| producer = James Stroud
Toby Keith
| prev_title = Blue Moon
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Greatest Hits Volume One
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dream Walkin'
| type = studio
| single1 = We Were in Love
| single1date = June 9, 1997
| single2 = I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
| single2date = October 6, 1997
| single3 = Dream Walkin'
| single3date = January 26, 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r277858}}
}}
Dream Walkin' is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on June 24, 1997, by Mercury Records and is his final album on the label. It was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. Four singles were released from the album; in order of release, they were: "We Were in Love", "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", "Dream Walkin'", and "Double Wide Paradise". Respectively, these reached #2, #2, #5, and #40 on the Hot Country Songs charts, making the first studio album of his career not to produce any Number One hits. After the album's release, Keith departed from Mercury Records, and signed contracts with Dreamworks Records in 1999.
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" was originally recorded by British rock artist Sting on his 1996 album Mercury Falling, from which it was released as a single. The version featured here is a duet with Sting, and is Sting's only entry on the country music charts.
"Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules, Miss All the Fun)" was later included in the soundtrack to the 2006 film Broken Bridges, which was also Keith's debut as an actor. It was earlier included in the 2000 movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood!
A music video was filmed for "Tired", although it was not released as a single.
Track listing
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| title1 = We Were in Love
| writer1 = Chuck Cannon, Allen Shamblin
| length1 = 4:20
| title2 = Dream Walkin'
| writer2 = Toby Keith, Cannon
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = You Don't Anymore
| writer3 = Keith, Eric Silver
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules, Miss All the Fun)
| writer4 = Keith, Cannon
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = Tired
| writer5 = Keith, Cannon
| length5 = 4:42
| title6 = Double Wide Paradise
| writer6 = Paul Thorn, Billy Maddox
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Yet
| writer7 = Keith, Cannon
| length7 = 4:18
| title8 = She Ran Away with a Rodeo Clown
| writer8 = Keith
| length8 = 2:56
| title9 = Strangers Again
| writer9 = Keith
| length9 = 3:25
| title10 = I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
| writer10 = Sting
| length10 = 3:59
| note10 = duet with Sting
| title11 = I Don't Understand My Girlfriend
| writer11 = Keith, Jim Femino
| length11 = 2:33
}}
Personnel
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar on all tracks except "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Owen Hale – drums
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Toby Keith – lead vocals
- Clayton Ivey – piano
- Michael Landau – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Brent Rowan – electric guitar
- Sting – bass guitar and duet vocals on "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
- Paul Thorn – background vocals on "Double Wide Paradise"
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Curtis Wright – background vocals
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|107|artist=Toby Keith|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|8|artist=Toby Keith|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}
| 66 |
| scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}
| 44 |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Toby Keith|title=Dream Walkin'|award=Gold|certyear=1997|relyear=1998|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}
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References
- {{cite AV media notes |title=Dream Walkin' |author=Toby Keith |year=1997 |type=CD |publisher=Mercury Records |id=314-534 836-2}}
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Category:Mercury Nashville albums