Dust on the Bottle
{{Infobox song
| name = Dust on the Bottle
| cover = dustonthebottle.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = David Lee Murphy
| album = Out with a Bang
| B-side = "Mama 'n Them"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=290|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
| released = August 7, 1995
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:44
| label = MCA
| writer = David Lee Murphy
| producer = Tony Brown
| prev_title = Party Crowd
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Out with a Bang
| next_year = 1995
}}
"Dust on the Bottle" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist David Lee Murphy. It was released in August 1995 as the fourth single from the album Out with a Bang. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks in late 1995,[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1995-10-28/country-songs Billboard] and is Murphy's first number one hit. It would remain his only number one single until almost 23 years later, when he topped the country charts again with "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" in June 2018. The song also hit number 9 on the Canadian Country charts.
Background and writing
In an interview with The Boot, Murphy said that he was playing guitar at his kitchen table in the morning and the song "came out of nowhere." Murphy goes on to say that he wrote the song in 15 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2010/11/13/david-lee-murphy-dust-on-the-bottle-lyrics/|title=David Lee Murphy, 'Dust on the Bottle' — Story Behind the Lyrics|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|date=13 November 2010|work=The Boot|accessdate=3 December 2010}}
Content
The song is about an old man named Creole Williams. The narrator asks him for advice on impressing his lover, and Williams gives him a bottle of homemade wine, then tells him "There might be a little dust on the bottle / But don’t let it fool ya about what’s inside/There might be a little dust on the bottle/But it’s one of those things, it gets sweeter with time”.
Music video
The music video was directed by Charley Randazzo and premiered in mid-1995.
Chart positions
"Dust on the Bottle" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 12, 1995.
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!align="left"|Chart (1995) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|9|chartid=2805|publishdate=November 13, 1995|accessdate=July 21, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=David Lee Murphy}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"|Chart (1995)
!scope="col"|Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1995: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1995| accessdate=July 21, 2013}}
| align="center" | 37 |
Certifications
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References
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