- When I Get Where I'm Going
Infobox Single
Name = When I Get Where I'm Going
Artist =Brad Paisley &Dolly Parton
from Album =Time Well Wasted
Released = 2005
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 4:07
Label =Arista Nashville
Writer = George TerenRivers Rutherford
Producer = Frank RogersExtra chronology 2
Artist =Brad Paisley
Type = single
Last single = "Alcohol" (2005)
This single = "When I Get Where I'm Going" (2005)
Next single = "The World" (2006)"When I Get Where I'm Going" isBrad Paisley 's second single from his album "Time Well Wasted " and is his fourteenth career single (not counting album cuts). Written by George Teren andRivers Rutherford , the song features harmony vocals fromDolly Parton . The song was Parton's twenty-fifth "Billboard" Number One, and Paisley's fifth.Chart performance
The song reached #1 on March 4, 2006, giving Brad Paisley the fifth #1 of his career. It also gave Parton her first foray into the top of the country chart since 1991's "
Rockin' Years ", a duet withRicky Van Shelton . At age 60 years, one month and 14 days, Parton became the oldest woman to have a No. 1 song on the "Billboard"Hot Country Songs chart, and the third-oldest overall (behindWillie Nelson andKenny Rogers , who were 70 and 61, respectively). It also restored Parton's status as the female performer with the most number-one country singles (25) over the course of her career, a position she had held for several years, before being tied byReba McEntire in 2004.Overview
The video of this song features footage of Paisley singing in a forest, as well as home movies of himself with his grandfather, Warren L. Jarvis. He also holds up photos of himself with Jarvis and his aunt Rita Takach. The extended version of the video ends with Jarvis in a home movie saying "Come on in and rock a while!" and Paisley smiling when he looks up from his guitar playing and sees this. It also features many different people holding photographs of loved ones who have presumably died. Two notable people featured in this video are
Michael Reagan , who is shown holding a photograph of his fatherRonald Reagan , andTeresa Earnhardt , who is shown sitting in front of a painted portrait of her husband,NASCAR driverDale Earnhardt . Although she does vocals on the song, Dolly Parton is not shown singing in the video. However, she is shown holding a picture of a her grandfather, Rev. Jake Owens, who'd died a few years earlier. She kisses her hand then touches the photograph in this scene. John Carter Cash is featured holding a photo of his parents,Johnny Cash andJune Carter Cash . Various unknown people hold up photos of relatives who have passed on throughout as well. In 2007, after the Virginia Tech massacre, the last slide was dedicated to those lost with the VT emblem shining brightly. On tour in 2008, Paisley also added a picture of late actorHeath Ledger .Geoff Moore version
This song was also covered by
contemporary Christian music artistGeoff Moore in 2007 on his album "Speak to Me". Moore's version was a Top 15 hit on the Hot Christian Songs and Hot Christian Adult Contemporary charts.Chart performance
Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
Geoff Moore
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External links
* [http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/lyrics/whenigwig.shtml When I Get Where I'm Going lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line]
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[http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=musicNews&storyID=2006-02-24T004658Z_01_N23294291_RTRIDST_0_MUSIC-CHARTBEAT-DC.XML&archived=False Reuters Music Article]
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