Helping Me Get Over You
1997 single by Travis Tritt with Lari White
| "Helping Me Get Over You" | ||||
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| Single by Travis Tritt with Lari White | ||||
| from the album The Restless Kind | ||||
| Released | July 26, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
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"Helping Me Get Over You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Travis Tritt and Lari White. It was released in July 1997 as the fourth single from Tritt's album The Restless Kind. The song reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It was nominated for a TNN/MCN Music award that year.[2]
Content
The song is a slow ballad with an approximate tempo of 76 beats per minute. It begins with Tritt singing the first verse and chorus in the key of F major, then modulates downward to B-flat major for White, who sings the second verse and chorus.[3] It includes piano, timpani, and a four-piece string section arranged by David Campbell.[4]
Personnel
Compiled from The Restless Kind liner notes.[4]
- Kenny Aronoff - drums
- Sam Bacco - timpani, percussion
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
- David Campbell - viola
- Wendell Cox - electric guitar
- Joel Derouin - violin
- Suzy Katayama - cello
- Peter Kent - violin
- Mark O'Connor - fiddle
- Benmont Tench - piano, C-3 organ
- Travis Tritt - vocals, acoustic guitar
- Robby Turner - pedal steel guitar
- Lari White - vocals
- Reggie Young - electric guitar
Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 21 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 18 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 354.
- ^ Rutledge, Leigh (1999). Celebrated left-handers: fabulous facts about famous southpaws. MJF Books. p. 103. ISBN 9781567316063. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "'Helping Me Get Over You' sheet music". musicnotes.com. 22 October 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b The Restless Kind (CD booklet). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1996. 46304.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3346." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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Travis Tritt singles
- "Country Club"
- "Help Me Hold On"
- "I'm Gonna Be Somebody"
- "Put Some Drive in Your Country"
- "Drift Off to Dream"
- "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
- "Anymore"
- "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart)
- "Nothing Short of Dying"
- "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"
- "Can I Trust You with My Heart"
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- "Looking Out for Number One"
- "Worth Every Mile"
- "Foolish Pride"
- "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"
- "Between an Old Memory and Me"
- "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
- "Sometimes She Forgets"
- "Only You (And You Alone)"
- "More Than You'll Ever Know"
- "Where Corn Don't Grow"
- "She's Going Home with Me"
- "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White)
- "Still in Love with You"
- "If I Lost You"
- "No More Looking Over My Shoulder"
- "Start the Car"
- "The Girl's Gone Wild"
- "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp)
- "I See Me"
- "You Never Take Me Dancing"
- "Something Stronger Than Me"
- "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)
- "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart)
- "Take It Easy"
- "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart)
- "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart)
- "Hope"
- "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall)
- "Same Old Train"
- "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless)
- "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels)
- "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat)
- "Move It On Over"
- "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean"
- "Outlaws & Outsiders"
