Wherever You Are (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Wherever You Are


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Artist = Jack Ingram
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Released = 2005
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Country
Length = 3:37
Label = Big Machine
Writer = Steve Bogard, Jeremy Stover
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Certification =
Last single = "One Thing"
(2003)
This single = "Wherever You Are"
(2005)
Next single = "Love You"
(2006)
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"Wherever You Are" is a song by American country music artist Jack Ingram. The song was Ingram's first Top 40 single on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts; it was also his first Number One single on that chart. "Wherever You Are" served the lead-off single to "", Ingram's first album for Big Machine Records.

About the song

"Wherever You Are" was originally slated to be recorded by Canadian country music artist Deric Ruttan, as well as the band Rushlow.cite journal |last=Neal |first=Chris |date=2006-06-19 |title=Story Behind the Song: "Wherever You Are" |journal=Country Weekly |volume=13 |issue=13 |pages=64 |accessdate= 2007-08-09] In 2005, Scott Borchetta, who had just founded the Big Machine label, discovered the song, and recommended it to Ingram, one of the acts signed to his label. Ingram recorded it as one of two studio tracks for his otherwise-live album "", from which it was released as a single in late 2005.

The song became not only Jack's first Top 40 chart entry, but also his first Number One single. It was also the first Number One single for Big Machine Records, the record label to which Ingram is signed. In addition, it is the first Number One for Jeremy Stover, one of the song's co-writers. [ [http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1530433/20060508/ingram_jack.jhtml Jack Ingram, Big Machine Records Score First No. 1 Single] ]

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