Always Where I Need to Be

"Always Where I Need to Be"
Single by The Kooks
from the album Konk
Released	28 March 2008
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie rock
Length	2:42
Label	Astralwerks - Caroline
Writer(s)	Luke Pritchard
The Kooks singles chronology
"Pull Me In" (2007) "Always Where I Need to Be" (2008) "Shine On" (2008)

"Always Where I Need to Be" is a song by British rock band The Kooks featured on their second album, Konk. It was released on 31 March 2008, and debuted at #71 in the UK Singles Chart the day before via download sales alone. However, it jumped to its peak at #3 the following week, marking the highest charting single the band has had to date. The video shows the band members playing their instruments in various parts of New York City, including Central Park and Coney Island.

In popular culture

"Always Where I Need to Be" features on the soundtrack to the video game FIFA 09.^[1] This song is available in the PlayStation 3 Singstore, for the game Singstar. This song is also used as background music on ABC's commercials for Scrubs season eight premiering in 2009. The song has been featured several episodes of MTV Latin America Acapulco Shore.

Track listings

UK CD1

1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
2. "Always Where I Need to Be" (video)

CD2

1. "Always Where I Need to Be" (Jason M Extended Club Remix)
2. "Walk Away"
3. "Always Free"

7" Vinyl

1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
2. "Mrs. Thompson"

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	63
Belgian Singles Chart	25
Dutch Single Top 100	42
Dutch Top 40	27
European Singles Chart	10
German Singles Chart	55
Irish Singles Chart	15
Italian Singles Chart	41
New Zealand Singles Chart	40
Swiss Singles Chart	53
UK Singles Chart	3
UK Rock Chart	1
US Hot Modern Rock Tracks	22

Release history

Country	Date
Europe	28 March 2008
United Kingdom	31 March 2008
United States	1 April 2008

References

1. "EA’s FIFA Soccer 09 soundtrack scores". EA Sports. August 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-23.