Wherever You Go

For the Built to Spill song, see You in Reverse.
For the Richard Marx song, see Right Here Waiting.
"Wherever You Go"
Single by Clint Black
from the album One Emotion
B-side"You Walked By"[1]
ReleasedJanuary 2, 1995 (1995-01-02)
GenreCountry
Length4:12
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Clint Black
Hayden Nicholas
Producer(s)Clint Black
James Stroud
Clint Black singles chronology
"Untanglin' My Mind"
(1994) 		"Wherever You Go"
(1995) 		"Summer's Comin'"
(1995)

"Wherever You Go" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in January 1995 as the second single from the album One Emotion. It peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1] The song was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas.

Critical reception

Mike Joyce of The Washington Post gave the song a positive review, saying that Black was "resourceful" for "convert[ing] the existential catchphrase 'wherever you go, you're there' into another fool-on-the-bar-stool blues."[2]

Chart positions

"Wherever You Go" debuted at number 69 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 31, 1994.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 71
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 52

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Joyce, Mike (16 October 1994). "Wry Country Misery Of Honky-Tonk Laments These Three Acts Sing". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9074." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.


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