Sweetheart's Dance

Sweetheart's Dance
Sweetheart's Dance
Studio album by Pam Tillis
Released	April 26, 1994
Genre	Country
Length	33:03
Label	Arista
Producer	Pam Tillis; Steve Fishell
Pam Tillis chronology
Singles from Sweetheart's Dance
	"Spilled Perfume"; Released: March 26, 1994; "When You Walk in the Room"; Released: August 6, 1994; "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"; Released: November 7, 1994; "I Was Blown Away"; Released: March 11, 1995; "In Between Dances"; Released: June 5, 1995;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Sweetheart's Dance is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Pam Tillis, released on April 26, 1994, via Arista Records. It is her highest ranking album on the Billboard charts, at number 6.

This album produced five singles: "Spilled Perfume", "When You Walk in the Room" (a cover of a Jackie DeShannon song), "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", "I Was Blown Away" and "In Between Dances". Respectively, these reached #5, #2, #1, #16, and #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "I Was Blown Away" was withdrawn from radio after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"	Pam Tillis, Jess Leary	2:51
2.	"Sweetheart's Dance"	Doug Gill	3:39
3.	"Calico Plains"	Matraca Berg, Michael Noble	3:47
4.	"When You Walk in the Room"	Jackie DeShannon	2:44
5.	"Spilled Perfume"	Tillis, Dean Dillon	3:53
6.	"I Was Blown Away"	Layng Martine Jr.	2:45
7.	"They Don't Break 'Em Like They Used To"	Roger Brown, Jason Sellers	2:57
8.	"In Between Dances"	Craig Bickhardt, Barry Alfonso	3:21
9.	"Better Off Blue"	Susan Longacre, Walt Aldridge	2:52
10.	"Til All the Lonely's Gone" (duet with Mel Tillis)	Tillis, Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill	3:55

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[3]

Mike Brignardello - bass guitar (4-8)
Sam Bush - fiddle (2, 10)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - background vocals (4)
Ashley Cleveland - background vocals (9)
Bob DiPiero - 12-string guitar (4)
Dan Dugmore - acoustic guitar (1, 9), electric guitar (3, 10)
Paul Franklin - steel guitar (4-8)
Vince Gill - background vocals (7)
Rob Hajacos - fiddle (4-8)
Vicki Hampton - background vocals (9)
John Barlow Jarvis - accordion (1), piano (2, 3, 9, 10)
John Jorgenson - electric guitar (1, 3, 9), acoustic guitar solo (1), lead electric guitar (2, 10), mandolin (3)
Mary Ann Kennedy - background vocals (5)
Greg Leisz - steel guitar (1, 9), rhythm electric guitar (2), Dobro (3, 10)
Liana Manis - background vocals (9)
George Marinelli - electric guitar (4)
Brent Mason - electric guitar (4-8)
Terry McMillan - percussion (5), harmonica (6)
Bill Monroe - mandolin (10)
Steve Nathan - piano (4-8)
Bobby Ogdin - synthesizer (5)
Suzi Ragsdale - background vocals (1, 6)
Kim Richey - background vocals (4)
Milton Sledge - drums (1, 2, 3, 9, 10), percussion (9, 10)
Harry Stinson - percussion (1), background vocals (2)
Carrie Tillis - background vocals (10)
Cindy Tillis Westmoreland - background vocals (10)
Connie Tillis Howden - background vocals (10)
Mel Tillis Jr. - background vocals (10)
Pam Tillis - vocals, background vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Biff Watson - acoustic guitar (all tracks)
Willie Weeks - bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 9, 10)
Lonnie Wilson - drums (4-8), percussion (4)

Technical

Chuck Ainlay - mixing
Don Cobb - digital editing
Steve Fishell - producer
Carlos Grier - digital editing
Graham Lewis - engineering
Mike Poole - engineering
Denny Purcell - mastering
Pam Tillis - producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	51
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	58
Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[8]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[9]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Sokol, David (21 February 2000). "2000 Records to Die For". Stereophile. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
^ Sweetheart's Dance (CD booklet). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1994. 18758.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Pam Tillis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Pam Tillis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Music Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Sokol, David (21 February 2000). "2000 Records to Die For". Stereophile. Retrieved August 5, 2008.

[3] Sweetheart's Dance (CD booklet). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1994. 18758.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Pam_Tillis-4] "Pam Tillis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Pam_Tillis-5] "Pam Tillis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[6] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[7] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[CanadaPam_TillisSweetheart's_DancealbumCertRef-8] "Canadian album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Music Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[United_StatesPam_TillisSweetheart's_DancealbumCertRef-9] "American album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

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v t e Pam Tillis
Discography
Studio albums	Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey Put Yourself in My Place Homeward Looking Angel Sweetheart's Dance All of This Love Every Time Thunder & Roses It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis RhineStoned Just in Time for Christmas Dos Divas
Compilation albums	Collection Greatest Hits
Songs	"One of Those Things" "Those Memories of You" "Don't Tell Me What to Do" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Maybe It Was Memphis" "Blue Rose Is" "Shake the Sugar Tree" "Let That Pony Run" "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" "Spilled Perfume" "When You Walk in the Room" "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" "I Was Blown Away" "In Between Dances" "Deep Down" "The River and the Highway" "It's Lonely Out There" "All the Good Ones Are Gone" "Land of the Living" "I Said a Prayer" "Every Time" "Please" "Ancient History" "Five Minutes" "Someone Else's Trouble Now"
See also	Mel Tillis