"Anymore" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in September 1991 as the second single from his album It's All About to Change. It peaked at No. 1 in both the United States and Canada, becoming his second of such in the United States, and his fourth in Canada. The song was written by Tritt and Jill Colucci.
Content and history
Tritt co-wrote the song with Jill Colucci, who also wrote his 1990 hit "I'm Gonna Be Somebody", when the two were together on an airplane ride. Colucci presented Tritt with a melody and the two began writing lyrics together. As they had not finished writing the lyrics at the time the airplane landed, they reunited in the studio six weeks later to finish writing.[1]
Music video
The music video was directed by Jack Cole and was the first of a trilogy of music videos (the second being "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" in 1995, and the third being "If I Lost You" in 1998) that tell the story of an Army veteran named Mac Singleton (portrayed by Tritt), who is a paraplegic after being injured in the Vietnam War.
In the first video, Mac is a patient at a military clinic. After awakening from a PTSD-related dream, he meets a fellow disabled veteran named Al (portrayed by Barry Scott), who assures him that such dreams are common. At the same time, Mac is struggling with the fear of ultimately having to face his wife Annie; he purposely refuses to return her phone calls and reply to her letters out of shame and embarrassment due to his physical limitations. Eventually feeling distressed from pressuring himself to prove that he is independently content without Annie, Al convinces Mac that it is not worth trying to deal with his pain alone and encourages Mac to contact Annie and let her back into his life. Annie then arrives at the clinic and is reunited with Mac, who is now eager to return home with her. As they leave, Al looks on with a sense of pride knowing that he succeeded in helping a friend cope with their situation.
The video was featured in CMT's 100 Greatest Music Videos in 2004, where it ranked at No. 64.
^It's All About to Change (CD booklet). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1991. 26589.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
