Somewhere with You

"Somewhere with You"
Single by Kenny Chesney
from the album Hemingway's Whiskey
Released	November 8, 2010
Format	Music download
Genre	Country rock
Length	4:04
Label	BNA
Writer(s)	Shane McAnally J.T. Harding
Producer(s)	Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney singles chronology
"The Boys of Fall" (2010) "Somewhere with You" (2010) "Live a Little" (2011)

"Somewhere with You" is a song written by Shane McAnally and J.T. Harding, and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in November 2010 as the second single from his album Hemingway's Whiskey.

Background and content

In an interview with Country Music Television, Chesney said, "It's so different but I still felt that it was really me. I felt melodically it was completely different and sexy".^[1] In an interview with Billboard, Chesney said, "This is a tortured soul song. If you get going with somebody, you've been in a relationship and for whatever reason she's gone or you're gone. And you're not necessarily in another relationship, but you're with somebody else, just starting something with somebody else. Trying to balance both those worlds is tough."^[2]

Critical reception

Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly said that the song "has a compellingly dark vibe Chesney should try out more often."^[3] Jon Caramanica of the The New York Times believed that the chorus "recalls nothing so much as the Bee Gees."^[4] Rick Moore of American Songwriter called the song one of the album's "high points".^[5]

Chart performance

"Somewhere with You" debuted at number 35 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week ending November 6, 2010.^[6] The song peaked at number one on the week ending January 29, 2011 and held that position for three weeks.

"Somewhere with You" entered the Adult Contemporary charts at number 26 on the chart dated for March 19, 2011.^[7]

As of June 2011, the song was sold 1,000,000 times in the United States.^[8]

Reaching Platinum in the United States in July 2011, Somewhere with You is Chesney's first single achieving this feat.^[9]

Chart (2010–11)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10]	52
US Billboard Hot 100[11]	31
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12]	15
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14]	39
US Country Songs (Billboard)[15]	31

References

1. Bonaguro, Alison (20 October 2010). "Kenny Chesney's New Single Feels "Different and Sexy"". CMT. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
2. Kenny Chesney's 'Hemingway's Whiskey': Track-By-Track Preview
3. Pastorek, Whitney (22 September 2010). "Hemingway's Whiskey". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
4. Caramanica, Jon (26 September 2010). "Critics’ Choice - New CDs From Kenny Chesney, Jane Monheit, Jason Adasiewicz - Review - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
5. Moore, Rick (5 November 2010), Kenny Chesney: Hemingway’s Whiskey, American Songwriter, retrieved 9 November 2010
6. Morris, Edward (30 October 2010). "Sugarland's The Incredible Machine Is Week's Hottest New Album". CMT. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
7. "Chart Highlights". Billboard. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
8. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74380/week-ending-june-26-2011-songs-a-twist-at-the-voice/
9. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database#
10. "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
11. "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
12. "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Kenny Chesney. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
13. "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kenny Chesney. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
14. "Best of 2011: Adult Contemporary Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
15. "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.