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Bill Engvall & Travis Tritt - Here's Your Sign

Music Video | 1997
ArtistTravis Tritt
ArtistBill Engvall
SongHere's Your Sign
DirectorJim Yukich
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
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Synopsis

The video turns Bill Engvall's signature stand-up routine into a fast-moving country-comedy performance. Engvall delivers a series of sarcastic stories about people asking painfully obvious questions, while Travis Tritt supplies the country chorus that links the spoken passages together. Rather than following a conventional storyline, the clip presents the collaboration as a meeting of comedy and honky-tonk music, keeping the focus on Engvall's timing, Tritt's vocal presence, and the repeated punchline behind the song's title.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The track combines excerpts from Engvall's stand-up material with a newly recorded country chorus by Travis Tritt. It was released under the expanded title "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)."
  • Engvall initially wanted Tritt and Marty Stuart to provide the musical support. Stuart could not take part, and Joe Diffie briefly recorded an earlier version before his label withdrew from the project.
  • Tritt recorded his contribution in approximately one hour. Engvall then traveled to Nashville, where the music video was filmed the following day in a reported 12-hour shoot.
  • The single originated from Engvall's 1995 comedy album "Here's Your Sign," which became a major commercial success and helped turn his catchphrase into a country-radio novelty hit.
  • In 1997, the single reached No. 29 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • The collaboration was unusual for its time: a spoken-word comedy routine, rather than a conventional country song, was shaped into a radio-friendly duet with a recognizable Nashville vocalist.

Lyrics

I just hate stupid people.
They should have to wear signs that just say I'm stupid.
That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you?
You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me...oops,
never mind"
"I didn't see your sign."

It's like before my wife and I moved from Texas to California our house
was full
of boxes and there was a u-Haul truck in our driveway.
My friend comes over and says, "Hey, You moving?"

"Nope."

...
© Bill Engvall & Travis Tritt - Here's Your Sign. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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