Tripping Billies

"Tripping Billies" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the fifth single from the album Crash. It originally debuted on their independent release Remember Two Things. It reached #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It has been regarded as having a very difficult and precise drum part played by the band's Carter Beauford. The song was featured in the film White Man's Burden.

History and production

The name "Tripping Billies" came to be when a band member's girlfriend told Dave Matthews that his band sounded like "a bunch of hillbillies tripping on acid". The band thought this was hilarious and named this song after it.

Matthews talked about the origins of this song at the show that was recorded for VH1 Storytellers on March 24, 1999. This part of the show, however, was not part of the aired program but can be heard on the fan traded tape of the show. He said that the "Dragons were smoked" line is a reference to "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He also mentioned taking some LSD on a beach in South Africa with Julia Grey and some friends. Then shortly thereafter deciding that he did not want to trip. "I was looking at my girlfriend Julia's face and then it melted into my mother's! And I thought, 'oh, no, that's not good.'"

Covers

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

Track listing

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

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	18

Dave Matthews Band

Carter Beauford Stefan Lessard Dave Matthews Boyd Tinsley Touring members: Jeff Coffin Tim Reynolds Rashawn Ross Peter Griesar Butch Taylor LeRoi Moore

Studio albums	Under the Table and Dreaming Crash Before These Crowded Streets Everyday Busted Stuff Stand Up Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King Away from the World

Live releases	Remember Two Things Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 Listener Supported Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado The Central Park Concert The Gorge Weekend on the Rocks Live at Piedmont Park Live at Mile High Music Festival Europe 2009 Live in New York City Live at Wrigley Field Live Trax series

Compilation albums	The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 Live Trax

Video albums	Listener Supported The Videos 1994–2001 Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado The Central Park Concert The Gorge Weekend on the Rocks Live at Piedmont Park Europe 2009 – Across the Pond

Extended plays	Recently

Singles	"What Would You Say" "Jimi Thing" "Typical Situation" "Ants Marching" "Satellite" "Too Much" "So Much to Say" "Two Step" "Crash into Me" "Tripping Billies" "Don't Drink the Water" "Stay (Wasting Time)" "Crush" "Rapunzel" "I Did It" "The Space Between" "Everyday" "Where Are You Going" "Grace Is Gone" "Grey Street" "American Baby" "Dreamgirl" "Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)" "Smooth Rider" "Funny the Way It Is" "Why I Am" "You and Me" "Mercy" "If Only"

Featured singles	"Work It Out"

Other songs	"#34" "Warehouse" "#41" "Lie in Our Graves" "Proudest Monkey" "Say Goodbye" "Halloween" "The Last Stop" "Pantala Naga Pampa" "Pig" "Spoon" "The Stone" "Loving Wings" "Bartender" "Anyone Seen the Bridge?" "Granny" "JTR"

Side projects	Tribe of Heaven Dave Matthews & Friends Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College True Reflections Some Devil Live at Radio City Live in Las Vegas

Additional personnel	Coran Capshaw Steve Lillywhite John Alagía

Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Musictoday Warehouse Fan Association The Lillywhite Sessions

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