Helping Me Get Over You

"Helping Me Get Over You"
"Helping Me Get Over You"
Single by Travis Tritt with Lari White
from the album The Restless Kind
Released	July 26, 1997
Genre	Country
Length	4:09
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Travis Tritt; Lari White;
Producer(s)	Travis Tritt; Don Was;
Travis Tritt singles chronology
Lari White singles chronology

"Helping Me Get Over You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Travis Tritt and Lari White. It was released in July 1997 as the fourth single from the album The Restless Kind. The song reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1] It was nominated for a TNN/MCN Music award that year.^[2]

Content[]

The song is a slow ballad with an approximate tempo of 76 beats per minute. It begins with Tritt singing the first verse and chorus in the key of F major, then modulates downward to B-flat major for White, who sings the second verse and chorus.^[3] It includes piano, timpani, and a four-piece string section arranged by David Campbell.^[4]

Personnel[]

Compiled from The Restless Kind liner notes.^[4]

Kenny Aronoff - drums
Sam Bacco - timpani, percussion
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
David Campbell - viola
Wendell Cox - electric guitar
Joel Derouin - violin
Suzy Katayama - cello
Peter Kent - violin
Mark O'Connor - fiddle
Benmont Tench - piano, C-3 organ
Travis Tritt - vocals, acoustic guitar
Robby Turner - pedal steel guitar
Lari White - vocals
Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance[]

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	21
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	18

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 354.
^ Rutledge, Leigh (1999). Celebrated left-handers: fabulous facts about famous southpaws. p. 103. ISBN 9781567316063. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "'Helping Me Get Over You' sheet music". musicnotes.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The Restless Kind (CD booklet). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1996. 46304.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3346." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 354.

[2] Rutledge, Leigh (1999). Celebrated left-handers: fabulous facts about famous southpaws. p. 103. ISBN 9781567316063. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[3] "'Helping Me Get Over You' sheet music". musicnotes.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[liner-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b The Restless Kind (CD booklet). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1996. 46304.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Canadacountry_-5] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3346." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Travis_Tritt-6] "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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show v t 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"

show v t Lari White
Studio albums	Lead Me Not Wishes Don't Fence Me In Stepping Stone Green Eyed Soul My First Affair
Compilations	The Best of Lari White
Notable singles	"That's My Baby" "Now I Know" "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)" "Ready, Willing and Able" "Stepping Stone"
Guest singles	"Helping Me Get Over You" (with Travis Tritt)
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