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"Where I'm Headed"
Single by Lene Marlin
from the album Playing My Game
B-side
  • Instrumental
  • "The Way We Are" (Live at Sound Republic)
  • "So I See"
Released1999
Recorded1999
Length4:11
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Lene Marlin
Producer(s)
  • Hans G
  • Jørn Dahl
Lene Marlin singles chronology
"Sitting Down Here"
(1999) 		"Where I'm Headed"
(1999) 		"You Weren't There"
(2003)
Music video
"Where I'm Headed" on YouTube

"Where I'm Headed" is the eight track on Norwegian singer-songwriter Lene Marlin's debut studio album, Playing My Game (1999). It was released as the album's third single in late 1999 following her international breakthrough hit, "Sitting Down Here".

Despite not charting in Marlin's native Norway, the single became a top-ten success in Finland, France, and Italy, peaking at numbers seven, five, and two, respectively. In France, it became Marlin's highest-charting single, earned a Gold sales certification, and was ranked number 38 on the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) year-end chart of 1999. When released in the United Kingdom in 2001, it peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition

With a duration of four minutes and eleven seconds,[1] "Where I'm Headed" is composed in the key of D major with a tempo of 120 beats per minute.[2]

Critical reception

Geir Rakvaag from Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen called "Where I'm Headed", along with "Unforgivable Sinner" and "Sitting Down Here", one of the "catchiest" songs on the album.[3]

Track listings

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ a b "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Key & BPM for Where I'm Headed by Lene Marlin". Tunebat. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ Rakvaag, Geir (20 March 1999). "Pent og pyntelig fra Lene Marlin". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Vol. 115, no. 11. p. 15. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Single" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 45. 6 November 1999. p. 20. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Lene Marlin: Where I'm Headed" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Tops de L'année | Top Singles 1999" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  15. ^ "French single certifications – Lene Marlin – Where I?m Headed" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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