You Can Sleep While I Drive

{{Infobox song

| name = You Can Sleep While I Drive

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Melissa Etheridge

| album = Brave and Crazy

| B-side =

  • "You Can Sleep While I Drive" (live)
  • "The Late September Dogs" (live)

| released = 1990

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 3:14

| label = Island

| writer = Melissa Etheridge

| producer =

| prev_title = The Angels

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Ain't It Heavy

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{Infobox song

| name = You Can Sleep While I Drive

| cover = youcansleepwhileidrive.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Trisha Yearwood

| album = Thinkin' About You

| B-side = Two Days from Knowing

| released = April 29, 1995

| format =

| recorded =

| studio = Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:15

| label = MCA

| writer = Melissa Etheridge

| producer = Garth Fundis

| prev_title = Thinkin' About You

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = I Wanna Go Too Far

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|w_h11AdN34E|"You Can Sleep While I Drive"}}}}

}}

"You Can Sleep While I Drive" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge for her second album, Brave and Crazy (1989). American Country music artist Trisha Yearwood covered the song and released it in April 1995 by MCA Records as the third single from her fifth album, Thinkin' About You (1995). The song reached #23 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |publisher=Record Research |year=2013 |page=384}}

Critical reception

A reviewer from Music & Media wrote, "Trisha sings Melissa. Thanks to her wonderful interpretation of the Etheridge song you automatically envision long car rides at night in the rain, while your wipers set the pace to fall asleep to."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-08-05.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=31|date=5 August 1995|page=6|access-date=19 March 2025}}

Charts

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!align="left"|Chart (1995)

!align="center"|Peak
position

align="left"|Canada Country Tracks (RPM) {{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Trisha+Yearwood&ChartEn=Country+Singles&|title=Trisha Yearwood - Country Tracks|work=RPM|date=17 July 2013 |access-date=May 12, 2019}}

|align="center"|26

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|23|artist=Trisha Yearwood}}

References