To Where You Are

"To Where You Are"
Single by Josh Groban
from the album Josh Groban
Released2002
Recorded2001
GenreAdult contemporary
Length3:53
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richard Marx
Josh Groban singles chronology
"To Where You Are"
(2002) 		"You're Still You"
(2002)

"To Where You Are" is the debut single by American singer Josh Groban, from his 2001 self-titled debut album. It was written by Richard Marx and Linda Thompson and produced by Marx.

Commercial performance

When released as a single in 2002, the song reached the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 16 in September of that year.[1] It was more successful on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, where it entered the chart in April 2002 and eventually spent two weeks at the top of the chart in August.[2] It remained on this chart for 36 weeks. In November 2008, the song spent a week on the UK Singles Chart at No. 94.[3]

Appearances in media

In 2001, Groban guest-starred on two episodes of the Fox television drama Ally McBeal. His latter appearance on the show was in the episode "Nine-One-One", where his character's mother had been killed and his father, a minister, had begun doubting the existence of God. Near the conclusion of the episode, Groban performed "To Where You Are" at a church service.[4] Groban had been asked to return to the show after Fox received numerous letters and inquiries about the singer following his appearance in an earlier episode, "The Wedding", during which he had performed the song "You're Still You".[5]

Groban has included "To Where You Are" in many of his concert sets in the years since the song was released, including at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway in late 2002.[6] The song appears on his first two live albums, Josh Groban in Concert and Live at the Greek, as well as on his 2008 greatest hits release, A Collection.

Cover versions

Kristy Starling recorded this song for her debut album. Richard Marx produced this version as well.

Chloë Agnew from Celtic Woman also recorded this song for her album Walking in the Air, alongside Irish composer David Downes.

Other singers have performed "To Where You Are" on various talent-search reality television programs, including American Idol, America's Got Talent, Canadian Idol, The X Factor, Showtime (Croatia) and Pinoy Pop Superstar (Philippines). Former British The X Factor participants who have recorded their own versions of the song include G4, Rhydian, and Daniel Evans. Evans performed an emotional rendition in the sing-off stages of The X Factor in 2008 and it was featured on his debut album No Easy Way in 2010. The song also featured in the 2011 Britain's Got Talent final, where it was sung by eventual winner Jai McDowall. The song was also recorded in 2009 by nine-year-old Jackie Evancho, a soon-to-be singing sensation on America's Got Talent. It appears on her first album Prelude to a Dream, which was published privately.

Richard Marx also recorded and released a version for his 2010 acoustic album Stories to Tell.

In 2011, the song was recorded by Joe McElderry for his second studio album, Classic.

Also in 2011, the song was recorded by Mark Evans, a West End star in the musical Wicked, but this time it was covered in Welsh, becoming "Tu hwnt i'r sêr".

In 2014, the song was performed by Hugh Jackman and Richard Marx during Marx's "A Night Out with Friends" live sessions.

Charts

See also

References

  1. ^ Hot 100 chart info Billboard.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  2. ^ Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart info Billboard.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Ally McBeal episode recap TV.com. (archived April 30, 2008)
  5. ^ "About Josh" JoshGroban.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  6. ^ Josh Groban biography AllMusic.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Lwin, Nanda (2003). The Essential 2002 Chart Yearbook. Music Data Canada. pp. 12, 57. ISBN 1-896594-15-8.
  8. ^ "Josh Groban Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Josh Groban Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  12. ^ "2002 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. December 28, 2002. p. YE-96. Retrieved October 14, 2021.