You Can Sleep While I Drive

"You Can Sleep While I Drive" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge for her second album, Brave and Crazy (1989). American Country music artist Trisha Yearwood covered the song and released it in April 1995 by MCA Records as the third single from her fifth album, Thinkin' About You (1995). The song reached #23 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

"You Can Sleep While I Drive"
Single by Melissa Etheridge
from the album Brave and Crazy
B-side	"You Can Sleep While I Drive" (live) "The Late September Dogs" (live)
Released	1990
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:14
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Melissa Etheridge
Producer(s)	Kevin McCormick Niko Bolas Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge singles chronology
"The Angels" (1989) "You Can Sleep While I Drive" (1990) "Ain't It Heavy" (1992)

"You Can Sleep While I Drive"
Single by Trisha Yearwood
from the album Thinkin' About You
B-side	"Two Days from Knowing"
Released	April 29, 1995
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	3:15
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Melissa Etheridge
Producer(s)	Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology
"Thinkin' About You" (1995) "You Can Sleep While I Drive" (1995) "I Wanna Go Too Far" (1995)
Music video
"You Can Sleep While I Drive" on YouTube

Critical reception

A reviewer from Music & Media wrote, "Trisha sings Melissa. Thanks to her wonderful interpretation of the Etheridge song you automatically envision long car rides at night in the rain, while your wipers set the pace to fall asleep to."^[2]

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	26
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	23