Whenever You Come Around

"Whenever You Come Around"
Single by Vince Gill
from the album When Love Finds You
B-side"South Side of Dixie"
ReleasedApril 11, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreCountry
Length4:19
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Vince Gill, Pete Wasner
Producer(s)Tony Brown
Vince Gill singles chronology
"Tryin' to Get Over You"
(1994) 		"Whenever You Come Around"
(1994) 		"What the Cowgirls Do"
(1994)

"Whenever You Come Around" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in April 1994 as the first single from the album When Love Finds You. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It was written by Gill and Pete Wasner. The song was covered by Willie Nelson in 2014 for his Band of Brothers album.

Cover versions

Country music singer Chris Stapleton covered the song from the television special CMT Giants: Vince Gill.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song is "beautifully written and impeccably performed."[2]

Commercial performance

"Whenever You Come Around" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 16, 1994. The song has sold 207,000 digital copies as of March 2019 since it became available for download.[3]

Personnel

Complied from the liner notes.[4]

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 72
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 42
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 12

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 135.
  2. ^ Billboard, April 23, 1994
  3. ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 9, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Tracks: March 11, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  4. ^ When Love Finds You (cassette). Vince Gill. MCA Records. 1994. CMCAC 11047.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2506." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 20, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "Vince Gill Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Vince Gill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  9. ^ "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.


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