Right Where I Need to Be
| "Right Where I Need to Be" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Don't Tell Mama" |
"Right Where I Need to Be" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Kendell Marvel and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in September 2000 as the third and last single from Allan's 1999 album Smoke Rings in the Dark. The song reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Tracks and Singles chart in June 2001, thus becoming his first Top 5 hit and his third Top 10.
Content
In this song, the narrator is a promotion-bound executive who is climbing the corporate ladder at the expense of his private life. His boss says he will get a promotion if he flies to New Orleans on business. The executive decides to leave his first-class seat empty in favor of staying with his significant other. He states that being with his lover is "right where [he] need[s] to be."
Music video
The music video was directed by Chris Rogers. The video was shot on a deserted runway at Nashville International Airport.
Chart performance
Before it was released as a single, it charted from unsolicited airplay while "Lovin' You Against My Will" was still climbing the charts. According to Joel Whitburn's Hot Country Songs 1944–2008, this song spent 48 weeks on the country charts, giving it the longest chart run of the 2000s decade.[1] Billboard credits the song with fewer weeks on the charts because of a rule change enacted starting with the chart dated January 13, 2001. Starting that week, Hot Country Singles shrank from 75 to 60 positions, so each song on the chart that week had its total number of weeks spent on the chart re-calculated to count only weeks spent at No. 60 or higher. As a result, Billboard reduced the total number of weeks that "Right Where I Need to Be" had spent on the charts from 23 to 16.[2]
Before its release, "Right Where I Need to Be" was the b-side to the album's title track.[1]
| Chart (2000-2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 42 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 28 |
References
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944– 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 644. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Jessen, Wade (January 13, 2001). "Country Corner" (PDF). Billboard.
- ^ "Gary Allan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Gary Allan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.