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{{Infobox song
| name       = Draw Me a Map
| cover      = Dierks Bentley - Draw Me a Map single cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Dierks Bentley]]
| album      = [[Up on the Ridge]]
| released   = {{Start date|2010|08|23}}
| recorded   = 2010
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Country music|Country]]
* [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]]}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=31}}
| label      = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
| writer     = {{flatlist|
* Dierks Bentley
* [[Jon Randall]]}}
| producer   = Jon Randall
| prev_title = [[Up on the Ridge (song)|Up on the Ridge]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [[Am I the Only One (Dierks Bentley song)|Am I the Only One]]
| next_year  = 2011
}}
'''"Draw Me a Map"''' is a song co-written and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Dierks Bentley]]. It was released in August 2010 as the fifteenth single release of his career and the second and final single from his 2010 [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] album ''[[Up on the Ridge]]''.  The song was written by Bentley and [[Jon Randall]].

==Critical reception==
Blake Boldt of ''Engine 145'' gave the song a "thumbs up", calling it "a plaintive ballad that easily fits among the best singles of the year." He praised the "rich images" of the lyrics and the backing vocals from [[Alison Krauss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engine145.com/dierks-bentley-draw-me-a-map/|title=Dierks Bentley — "Draw Me a Map"|last=Boldt|first=Blake|date=24 August 2010|work=Engine 145|accessdate=14 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218065531/http://www.engine145.com/dierks-bentley-draw-me-a-map/|archivedate=18 December 2014}}</ref> Bobby Peacock of ''Roughstock'' gave it a full five-star rating, calling the single "a near-flawless exercise in simplicity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/video/dierks-bentley-draw-me-a-map-|title=Dierks Bentley — "Draw Me a Map"|last=Peacock|first=Bobby|date=29 August 2010|work=Roughstock|accessdate=14 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930073651/http://www.roughstock.com/video/dierks-bentley-draw-me-a-map-|archivedate=30 September 2012}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in late 2010.

==Chart performance==
With a peak of number 33 on [[Hot Country Songs]], "Draw Me a Map" was the lowest-peaking single of Bentley's career, until "[[What the Hell Did I Say]]" failed to break the Top 40 in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/dierks-bentley-p559181/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Dierks Bentley chart history|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=14 May 2011}}</ref>
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!align="left"|Chart (2010)
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
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{{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|50|artist=Dierks Bentley|artistid=514750|accessdate=April 4, 2011}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|33|artist=Dierks Bentley|artistid=514750}}
|-
| US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]]<ref name="whitburn2010">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2010|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=76|year=2011|isbn=978-0-89820-188-8}}</ref>
| align="center"| 8
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2010 singles]]
[[Category:2010 songs]]
[[Category:Dierks Bentley songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Dierks Bentley]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jon Randall]]
[[Category:Capitol Records Nashville singles]]