"Tripping Billies" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the fifth single from the album Crash. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in June 1997.[1] The original version of the song, which appeared on their independent release Remember Two Things, was featured on the soundtrack of the film White Man's Burden.

"Tripping Billies"
Promotional single by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Crash
ReleasedMarch 1997
GenreRock
Length4:18 (Radio Edit)
5:00 (Album Version)
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)David J. Matthews
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band singles chronology
"Crash into Me"
(1996)
"Tripping Billies"
(1997)
"Don't Drink the Water"
(1998)

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has performed "Tripping Billies" at concerts on numerous occasions.

Track listing edit

  1. "Tripping Billies" (Edit) — 4:18
  2. "Tripping Billies" (Album Version) — 5:00
  3. "Tripping Billies" (Live Version) — 5:28

Charts edit

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 18
Canada RPM Alternative 30 20

References edit

  1. ^ "Modern Rock Tracks", Billboard. July 5, 1997. 87.