I Can't Sleep (song)

I Can't Sleep (song)

Infobox single
Name = I Can't Sleep
Artist = Clay Walker
from Album = A Few Questions
Released = January 2004
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 4:02
Label = RCA Nashville
Writer = Chely Wright, Clay Walker
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "A Few Questions"
(2003)
This single = "I Can't Sleep"
(2004)
Next single = "Jesus Was a Country Boy"
(2004)

"I Can't Sleep" is a single by American country music singer Clay Walker. The second single from his 2003 album, "A Few Questions", it peaked at #9 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, and features Chely Wright (of whom Walker co-wrote the song with) on background vocals.

Content

The song describes a narrator who has been up all night long waiting for his wife to return home, claiming that:

:"I'm not gonna sleep till I touch your face:"Baby, not a wink, I could go for days:"If you ever needed to see me down on my knees:"Take a look at me, baby, I can't sleep

In the second verse of the song, the narrator looks back at when his wife said, "We couldn't last / [He] couldn't swallow [his] pride", and that losing her wakes him up in the middle of the night.

Music video

The music video features Clay wandering the streets of a foreign city looking for the one he loves. Some scenes also feature him sitting on his bed singing the song.

Chart performance

This song debuted at #55 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 13, 2003. The song charted for a total of 29 weeks, and finally peaked at #9 on the chart dated June 19, 2004. In addition, this was a minor Hot 100 hit, where it peaked at #61 on that chart.

Charts

External links

* [http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/clay-walker/i-cant-sleep/3062274/lyrics.jhtml Lyrics at CMT.com]
* [http://www.cmt.com/videos/clay-walker/59080/i-cant-sleep.jhtml Music video at CMT.com]


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