Where You Are
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| Single by Jessica Simpson featuring Nick Lachey from the album Sweet Kisses |
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| Released | May 2, 2000 | ||||
| Format | CD maxi single 12" single |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:54 [Radio Edit] 4:27 [Album Version] |
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| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Writer | Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, A. Stampoulou, Nick Lachey | ||||
| Producer | Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters | ||||
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"Where You Are" is the second single from Jessica Simpson's debut album, Sweet Kisses. Released in 2000, the single (which is a duet with Nick Lachey) reached sixty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Simpson's second Hot 100 chart entry. The single is most known for being the first single ever in which Simpson professionally records with Lachey. (The couple have gone on to record several duets since then including, but not limited to "A Whole New World" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside".)
"Where You Are" was written by Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters (the two also produced the track) with writing assistance from A. Stampoulou and Simpson's then-boyfriend (now ex-husband) Nick Lachey. Due to the sentimental lyrics of the single, it was also included on the soundtrack of the 2000 teen film Here on Earth.
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[edit] Remixes and Other Versions
- Where You Are [Album Version] - 4:27
- Where You Are [Lenny B's Dub Mix] - 7:15
- Where You Are [Dance Remix] 10:56
- Where You Are [Lenny Bs Bonus Beats] - 2:33
- Where You Are [Lenny Bs Radio Mix] - 4:21
- Where You Are [Lenny B's Club Mix] - 10:58
[edit] Music video
Directed by Kevin Bray, the video of "Where You Are" is relatively low key and features Lachey and Simpson moping around and singing to each other. Due to the song's dark nature, the film stock is graduated to align with pale tones that can be seen in the video. As the video is also from the Here on Earth soundtrack, the video features scenes from the film.
[edit] Commercial Release
Where You Are was the second commercial single to be released from Jessica Simpson’s debut album, Sweet Kisses. The single was released on the 2nd of May 2000. The single charted in the top five (number four) on the Billboard US Single Sales Chart. The single however wasn’t as successful as her debut, the commercial single only went on to sell around 100,000 copies within the US alone (the single was not released anywhere else). The first edition of the single was released as a maxi-single containing club mixes, the later edition released (limited release only) contained the radio edit and an instrumental album version of the song.
[edit] Chart performance
"Where You Are" was unsuccessful, especially in comparison with the success of its predecessor, "I Wanna Love You Forever". The track failed to reach even the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at sixty-two. The song did, however, become a relative Adult Contemporary hit.
On the dance charts, the song was not received by dance fans on the dance floor, and failed to chart on Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Strangely enough though, dance fans reacted strongly to the physical single of the song and the song became a hit on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales reaching number four. Critics of Billboard Magazine have explained this seeming contradiction by pointing out that the physical single had a previously unreleased remix of "I Wanna Love You Forever" included on it, so that may have helped sales.
Internationally, the song was not released in major music markets excluding Canada.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 4 |
| U.S. Top 40 Mainstream | 22 |
| U.S. Adult Contemporany | 23 |
| U.S. Top 40 Tracks | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 62 |
| Canadian singles | 28 |
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| Studio albums | Sweet Kisses · Irresistible · In This Skin · Rejoyce: The Christmas Album · A Public Affair |
| Singles | "I Wanna Love You Forever" · "Where You Are" · "I Think I'm in Love with You" · "Irresistible" · "A Little Bit" · "When You Told Me You Loved Me" · "Sweetest Sin" · "With You" · "Take My Breath Away" · "Angels" · "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" · "O Holy Night" · "What Christmas Means to Me" · "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" · "A Public Affair" · "I Belong to Me" |
| Related articles | Discography · Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica · The Dukes of Hazzard |
