Filmed in Kracker's hometown of Detroit, it shows him performing the song on stage to an audience (Dobie, during his parts, comes in to perform) and Kracker working at a garage (owned by his brother), unloading and stacking tires. The music video was directed by Bronston Jones. It also peaked at number 25 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. It spent a then-record-setting 28 weeks atop the adult contemporary chart in the US.
The song was in the year-end top 20 just like the original 1973 version. This version, which featured Dobie Gray singing the bridge and singing backing vocals and final verse with Kracker, reached number nine on the Hot 100. It was the final pop hit for Decca Records in the United States.Ī new version by Uncle Kracker, with Gray, became a major hit in 2003.Īmerican singer-songwriter Uncle Kracker released a cover version from his second studio album, No Stranger to Shame (2002), in January 2003. In 1973 the song became Dobie Gray's biggest hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and certified gold by the RIAA. It was later given to soul singer Dobie Gray for whom it became a surprise international hit and the best known version. Mentor Williams was a country songwriter, and John Henry Kurtz was an actor and swamp rock singer. " Drift Away" is a song by Mentor Williams written in 1970 and originally recorded by John Henry Kurtz on his 1972 album Reunion.
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