Here (Rascal Flatts song)

Infobox Single
Name = Here


Artist = Rascal Flatts
Album = Still Feels Good
Released = Start date|2008|09
Format = CD single
Genre = Country
Length = 3:55
Label = Lyric Street
Writer = Steve Robson
Jeffrey Steele
Producer = Dann Huff
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Last single = "Bob That Head"
(2008)
This single = "Here"
(2008)
Next single =
Misc =

"Here" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music group Rascal Flatts. The song was released in September 2008 as the fifth single from their 2007 studio album "Still Feels Good". "Here" was co-written by Jeffrey Steele and Steve Robson, both of whom also co-wrote the group's crossover hit "What Hurts the Most" from late 2005-early 2006.

Content

"Here" is a mid-tempo country pop ballad that describes the narrator's attempts to find "a place [he's] been looking for", which ultimately turns out to be his lover ("The place that I was trying to reach / Was you right here in front of me"). Despite the search, however, the narrator states in the chorus that he would do it all again:

:"And I wouldn't change a thing:"I'd walk right back through the rain:"Back to every broken heart:"On the day that it was breakin':"And I'd relive all the years:"And be thankful for the tears:"I've cried with every stumble, step:"That led to you and got me here:"Right here, oh, baby"

Reception

Brady Vercher of The 9513 gave the song a "thumbs down" rating. He considered it a "rehash" of the group's late 2004-early 2005 single "Bless the Broken Road" (which also describes the narrator's attempt to find his love). Vercher also stated "the lyrics are really fairly bland. Take a look at the way the song starts off: 'There’s a place I’ve been lookin’ for/That took me in and out of buildings/Behind windows, walls and doors.' Who hasn’t walked in and out of buildings, behind windows, walls, and doors? Instant relatability. The lines…are purposefully generic so that listeners can attach meaning to the song and make it applicable to their own situation." [cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/rascal-flatts-here/ |title=Rascal Flatts - "Here" |accessdate=2008-09-22 |last=Vercher |first=Brady |date=2008-09-17 |work=The 9513] Jim Malec, who reviewed "Still Feels Good" for the same website, also called it a "much less poignant rewrite" of "Bless the Broken Road". [cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/rascal-flatts-still-feels-good/ |title=Rascal Flatts - "Still Feels Good" |accessdate=2008-09-22 |last=Malec |first=Jim |date=2007-09-25 |work=The 9513]

Chart performance

"Here" debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at #49 for the week of September 20, 2008. In its fifth week on the charts, it reached the Top 20 and made its debut on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 at #94.

References

External links

* [http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/rascal-flatts/here/19689914/lyrics.jhtml Lyrics] at CMT.com