Shania Twain Teases New Song, ‘Waking Up Dreaming’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

September 19th, 2022 4:32 PM

Fresh from her ACM Honor in August in Nashville, where she was given the Poet’s Award, Shania Twain is back with new music, and she teased the new song on her Instagram today (9/19).

Shania posted to Instagram this afternoon with a new image of the single’s cover, “Every time I get to announce something like this, I get such a rush of adrenaline and nerves – it never gets old… I am super excited to share with you that my new song ‘Waking Up Dreaming’ is coming out this Friday!!”

She continued in the lengthy post, “I’ve spent the last couple years working away on new music… on my documentary… on the Vegas residency, and it’s been such a creatively fulfilling time for me, I can’t wait for this next chapter and Waking Up Dreaming is just the start.⁠”
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She ended with, “WAKING UP DREAMING Coming September 23rd.⁠ Pre-save link in bio.”

Fans were excited about the new song, with one writing, “WE ARE READY.” Another Twin die-hard wrote, “Gorgeous pic!! Can’t wait to see the finished video!!.” One more fan gushed, “Omgggggg let’s goooo!” reference to Shania’s biggest hit, “Man, I Feel Like A Woman,” which starts with the phrase, “Let’s Go, Girls.”

In less than one hour, the post already had over 24,000 likes.

Twain recently ended her Las Vegas residency, which kicked off in December of 2019 at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater. She posted to Instagram a week ago, “Ending a tour or a residency is always so heartbreaking. The journey you go on with your team is always unique, and bonding and the access you have to your beautiful fans is so special and exciting – so it’s very hard to say goodbye.”

She continued, “It was worse in the ’90s when I didn’t have social media to at least be able to say to those paying attention here – thank you to all the people who make the show possible, those on stage with me kicking butt and those behind the scenes also kicking butt – thank you to my fans, thank you for choosing to spend your time with me, thank you for the support, thank you for your uplifting energy and the love in the room. Twain Town is a special place where we all choose to love one another and accept one another – we come together to PARTY – and I will miss you all #LetsGoVegas.”

13 Shania Twain Songs That We Can't Get Out of Our Heads

• 13. “Endless Love” (Lionel Richie featuring Shania Twain) – 2012

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  This is a remake but done so nicely by Twain and Richie who recorded it at Shania’s home in the Bahamas. Lionel Richie told me in an interview later that she was the hardest person to pin down when he decided to record his country collaboration album, Tuskegee.  He also said that he was so happy with the final result of the duet.

• 12. “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” – 1995

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  Really the song that started it all for Shania who splashed onto the scene like a hurricane in 1995. Still a solid song to this day.  Shania never misses a chance to sing this now classic in her concerts.

• 11. “The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)” – 1995

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  This is another song Shania wrote with her then-husband and producer Robert “Mutt” Lange. It was her third number-one single on country radio.  The music video for "The Woman in Me" was shot in Cairo and Saqqara, Egypt. It was filmed during the first week of July 1995 and released on August 9, 1995 on CMT. In the video, Twain is riding around on a horse through the desert by the pyramids and riding a boat down the Nile River.
• 10. “(If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!” – 1995

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  Her fourth number one song and the first single promoted with several different mixes.  "I'm Outta Here!" was later included on Twain's 2004 Greatest Hits package, and has been performed on all of her tours.

• 9. “God Bless the Child” – 1996

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  A touching song that showed Shania’s softer side. Her eighth single from her ‘Woman In Me’ album, the video features two choirs. One included the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, and the second was a local performing arts choirs singing along with Twain in a hangar at the Nashville airport.

• 8. “Love Gets Me Every Time” – 1997

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  The lead single from Twain's third studio album "Come On Over."Twain developed the song at first and brought it to Lange under the title, "'Gol Darn Gone and Done It", which derived from a country expression. The name made Lange burst into laughter when he first heard it, and the couple completed the song together.
• 7. “Any Man of Mine” – 1995

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  This song was nominated for both Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 1996 Grammy Awards. It won Single of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.

• 6. “Honey, I’m Home” – 1998

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  This one is freaking catchy. I’ve been singing it since I started this list. Is it fair to say the lyrics are super simple? Well, they are, and maybe that’s what appeals to me. The song became Shania's seventh, and to date, her final number-one single on the Billboard Country singles chart. 

• 5. “That Don’t Impress Me Much” – 1998

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  Any song that mentions that Brad Pitt doesn’t “impress me much” is a winner for me. Yeah, I love Pitt, but this song has it all, and what a beat.  In 2017, during a listening party for her fifth studio album Now, Twain revealed the reason behind using Brad Pitt's name instead of other male celebrities. She said that after she heard about the scandal between Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow and the subsequent leaking of Pitt's naked photo in Playgirl magazine, she was left unimpressed by all the fuss as she felt that it was normal to see naked people.
• 4. “From This Moment On” – 1997

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  What an emotional love song! This song was written during a soccer game in Italy. “My husband loves sports. I don't know the game that well, so my mind drifted, and I started writing."  Initially, Shania thought that "From This Moment On" would be perfect for singer Celine Dion.

• 3. “No One Needs to Know” – 1996

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  I have always loved the rhythm and the words of this song. She plays the song live in concert with just a twelve-string guitar. It is featured in the 1996 movie Twister. 

• 2. “You’re Still the One” – 1997

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  So very good. "You're Still the One" was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1999, winning two. It won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Tim McGaw recently called it one of the best love songs ever written.
• 1.”Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” – 1999

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  An epic anthem and the song that closes out every one of Shania’s shows. My son wasn’t even born till 2007, almost ten years after the song came out, and well, because of his mom, he knows every word.

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