Every Mile a Memory

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"Every Mile a Memory"
Single by Dierks Bentley
from the album Long Trip Alone
Released July 17, 2006
Genre Country
Length 3:53
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Brett Beavers
Steve Bogard
Dierks Bentley
Producer Brett Beavers
Dierks Bentley singles chronology
"Settle for a Slowdown"
(2006)
"Every Mile a Memory"
(2006)
"Long Trip Alone"
(2007)

"Every Mile a Memory" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in July 2006 and served as the lead-off single to his third studio album, Long Trip Alone. It became Bentley's fourth Number One hit in November 2006. The song charted at Number One the same week that Long Trip Alone was at Number One on the Country Albums charts.[1]

Contents

[edit] Content

The song tells the story of a guy missing a girl and how every little thing evokes her memory.

[edit] Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "potent single that continues to demonstrate the irresistible chemistry that occurs when a great singer meets a memorable tune." She goes on to say that Bentley "really knows how to sell a song, and he gets the job done on this well-written track." On the production, she calls it "deft" and states that it "underscores the ache in each word."[2]

[edit] Music video

The music video was directed by Russell Thomas and premiered in July 2006.

[edit] Chart performance

"Every Mile a Memory" debuted at number 45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 15, 2006.

Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 48
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1
Preceded by
"I Loved Her First"
by Heartland
Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single

November 4, 2006
Succeeded by
"Before He Cheats"
by Carrie Underwood

[edit] References


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