Settle for a Slowdown

"Settle for a Slowdown"
Single by Dierks Bentley
from the album Modern Day Drifter
B-side"I Love My Life" (Jamie O'Neal)[1]
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2006
Recorded2005
GenreCountry
Length3:43
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brett Beavers
  • Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley singles chronology
"Come a Little Closer"
(2005)
"Settle for a Slowdown"
(2006)
"Every Mile a Memory"
(2006)

"Settle for a Slowdown" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in January 2006 as the third and final single from his second studio album Modern Day Drifter. The song becoming Bentley's third #1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[2] The song was written by Bentley, Brett Beavers and Tony Martin.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Morris, Edward (2006-05-27). "Dierks Bentley's "Slowdown" Paces to No. 1". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-14.