Just a Dream (Carrie Underwood song)

"Just a Dream"
Single by Carrie Underwood
from the album Carnival Ride
ReleasedJuly 21, 2008 (2008-07-21)
Recorded2007
Genre
Length4:44
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mark Bright
Carrie Underwood singles chronology
"Praying for Time"
(2008)
"Just a Dream"
(2008)
"I Told You So"
(2009)
Music video
"Just A Dream" at CMT.com

"Just a Dream" is a country song, released as the fourth single from Carrie Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride. The song was written by Gordie Sampson, Steve McEwan, and Hillary Lindsey. The song was officially released to radio on July 21, 2008.[1] A video for the song was released on August 5, 2008.[2] The song was nominated for 2010 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

The song debuted at number 96 on the U.S. [Billboard Pop 100 chart without any radio release at the end of the released week of Carnival Ride and dropped out the week later. It debuted on Billboard Hot Country Songs at number 45 one week before its official release. On the issue date August 23, 2008 the song debuted at number 98 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it later peaked at number 29 becoming her tenth top 30 hit on that chart. For the week of November 8, 2008, the song became Underwood's sixth straight number one country single, as well as her seventh number one single overall, eighth including all other charts. It stayed at the top of the chart for two weeks. It has been certified 2× Platinum by RIAA, and as of November 2015, it has sold 1,280,000 million copies.[3]

  1. ^ "Singles Calendar". MusicRow. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  2. ^ "Underwood music video filming near Hampshire". The Daily Herald. June 18, 2008. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  3. ^ "Ask Billboard: Chart Beat's 'Piano Man' Returns!". Billboard.