Trail in Life (song)

2010 single by Dean Brody

"Trail in Life"

Single by Dean Brody
from the album  Trail in Life
Released| October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25)
Genre| Country
Length| 4:37
Label| Open Road
Songwriter(s)| Dean Brody
Producer(s)| Matt Rovey
Dean Brody singles chronology
| "Roll That Barrel Out"
(2010)  | "Trail in Life"
(2010)  | "People Know You by Your First Name"
(2011)

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"Trail in Life" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released in October 2010 as the third single from his 2010 album Trail in Life. The song reached number 81 on the Canadian Hot 100 in early 2011.

## Content

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The narrator is a man who wonders what happened to his teenage mother who gave him up for adoption.[1]

## Reception

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Roughstock critic Matt Bjorke called it a "beautifully written and sung song that recalls Garth Brooks’ "What She's Doing Now" in some parts but is a much, much more interesting song in that the verses discuss different parts of the narrator's life, from that first love to that college best friend to his life as an adopted child in a loving family." He goes on to call it "personal and intimate."[2]

## Music video

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The music video was directed by Jeth Weinrich and premiered in November 2010. The music video was filmed in Manhattan and Montauk, New York, the video also features scenes set at Long Island’s Deep Hollow Ranch.

## Chart positions

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Chart (2010–11)  | Peak
position

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Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] | 81
Canada Country (Billboard)[4] | 3

## References

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1. ^ Brody happy to be back on N.S. soil for Dirt tour Halifax Chronicle-Herald
2. ^ Bjorke, Matt. "Dean Brody — "Trail in Life"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
3. ^ "Dean Brody Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
4. ^ "Dean Brody Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Dean Brody
* Trail in Life
* Dirt
* Crop Circles
* Gypsy Road
* Beautiful Freakshow
* Boys
* Right Round Here

Extended plays|

* Black Sheep

Singles|

* "Brothers"
* "Wildflower"
* "Roll That Barrel Out"
* "Trail in Life"
* "People Know You by Your First Name"
* "Little Yellow Blanket"
* "Canadian Girls"
* "Bob Marley"
* "It's Friday"
* "Bounty"
* "Mountain Man"
* "Bring Down the House"
* "Love Would Be Enough"
* "Monterey"
* "Bush Party"
* "Time"
* "Beautiful Freakshow"
* "8th Day"
* "Good Goodbye"
* "Dose of Country"
* "Whiskey in a Teacup"
* "Black Sheep"
* "Can't Help Myself"
* "Canadian Summer"
* "Boys"
* "Lightning Bug"
* "More Drinkin' Than Fishin'"
* "I'd Go to Jail"
* "Where'd You Learn How to Do That"
* "You Got the Wrong Guy"
* "Right Round Here"

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