Put Some Drive in Your Country

"Put Some Drive in Your Country"
"Put Some Drive in Your Country"
Single by Travis Tritt
from the album Country Club
B-side	"If I Were a Drinker"
Released	September 22, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Country; country rock; Southern rock;
Length	4:20
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville 19797
Songwriter(s)	Travis Tritt
Producer(s)	Gregg Brown
Travis Tritt singles chronology

"Put Some Drive in Your Country" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in September 1990 as the fourth single from his debut album Country Club.

Content[edit]

The song is an up-tempo country rock song in which Tritt proclaims his influences, paying homage to Roy Acuff, George Jones, Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings as well. In the song, Tritt defines his style singing "I made myself a promise, when I was just a kid: I'd mix Southern rock and country, and that's just what I did".

Critical reception[edit]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine by Allmusic said that "[the song], which had a clear rock & roll influence, stalled at #28, since radio programmers were reluctant to feature such blatantly rock-derived music".^[1]

Personnel[edit]

The following musicians play on this track:^[2]

Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Larry Byrom – slide guitar
Dana McVicker – background vocals
Bobby Ogdin – piano, keyboards
Jim "Jimmy Joe" Ruggiere – harmonica
Steve Turner – drums, percussion
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	23
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	28

References[edit]

^ "Travis Tritt Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
^ Country Club (CD insert). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 4-26094.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9073." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 1, 1990. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[1] "Travis Tritt Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.

[2] Country Club (CD insert). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 4-26094.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Canadacountry_-3] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9073." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 1, 1990. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Travis_Tritt-4] "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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v t e Travis Tritt singles
Country Club	"Country Club" "Help Me Hold On" "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" "Put Some Drive in Your Country" "Drift Off to Dream"
It's All About to Change	"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" "Anymore" "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart) "Nothing Short of Dying"
T-R-O-U-B-L-E	"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" "Can I Trust You with My Heart" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Looking Out for Number One" "Worth Every Mile"
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	"Foolish Pride" "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" "Between an Old Memory and Me" "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
Greatest Hits: From the Beginning	"Sometimes She Forgets" "Only You (And You Alone)"
The Restless Kind	"More Than You'll Ever Know" "Where Corn Don't Grow" "She's Going Home with Me" "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White) "Still in Love with You"
No More Looking over My Shoulder	"If I Lost You" "No More Looking Over My Shoulder" "Start the Car"
Down the Road I Go	"Best of Intentions" "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" "Love of a Woman" "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"
Strong Enough	"Strong Enough to Be Your Man" "Country Ain't Country"
My Honky Tonk History	"The Girl's Gone Wild" "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp) "I See Me"
The Storm	"You Never Take Me Dancing" "Something Stronger Than Me"
The Calm After...	"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)
Other songs	"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart) "Take It Easy" "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart) "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart) "Hope" "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall) "Same Old Train" "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless) "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels) "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat) "Move It On Over" "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" "Outlaws & Outsiders"