From a vocals standpoint, as well as production-wise, this just might be one of his finest moments. But, no matter how many times the wheels turn around and around, he can’t seem to put his lover out of his mind. In this chart-topper from 2005, the singer is trying to outrun the pain he feels due to a broken relationship. As it turned out, family was around the corner for Bentley, just not yet.Ĭome a Little Closer: Ten Hours With Dierks Bentley on Tourĥ. Dierks Bentley – “Lot Of Leavin’ Left To Do”Īs the singer continued to grow as an artist, this Dierks Bentley song was very telling in the fact that he knew that he wasn’t quite ready to settle down with anyone just yet, with as many road miles that lay ahead for the singer. Though, we think the crowd has never failed to keep him company during this one.Ĩ. In this 2011 hit, Bentley is lamenting the fact that all of his friends that he has partied with it in the past now have other priorities, leaving the singer to celebrate life alone.
Throw in the harmonies of Kacey Musgraves, and you have a record that should have been too good to be resisted.Īh, the growing pains of maturity. While not exactly his biggest chart hit, this song from the pen of Hilary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, and Ryan Tendell was perhaps Bentley at his most simple and straight-ahead, as the lead character explains that the heartbreak that he’s going through from a break-up is more potent than the alcohol he has consumed to try to get over her. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.10.
Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 30, 2005. "Come a Little Closer" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Dierks Bentley's love interest was played by Bonnie-Jill Laflin. The music video was directed by David McClister and was filmed in Nashville in a warehouse. He said that Bentley doesn't quite have the vocal maturity to pull this song off but he is getting there.
She goes on to compare the song to Twitty's, " I'd Love to Lay You Down." On Bentley's vocals she says that he "brings warmth to a decidedly sensual lyric." Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. The sensual tone and sexy lyric hark back to those envelope-pushing Conway Twitty hits that once raised eyebrows. Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Bentley "shows he has a way with a ballad on this sultry number.
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