Next to You, Next to Me

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"Next to You, Next to Me"
Single by Shenandoah
from the album Extra Mile
B-side "Daddy's Little Man"
Released June 1990
Recorded 1990
Genre Country
Length 3:38
Label Columbia Nashville
Writer(s) Robert Ellis Orrall
Curtis Wright
Producer(s) Robert Byrne
Rick Hall
Shenandoah singles chronology
"See If I Care"
(1990)		 "Next to You, Next to Me"
(1990)		 "Ghost in This House"
(1990)

"Next to You, Next to Me" is a song written by Robert Ellis Orrall and Curtis Wright, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in June 1990 as the lead-off single from their album Extra Mile. It was a Number One hit in both the United States[1] and Canada. It is also the band's longest-lasting number 1, at three weeks.[2] As of 2006, no other single from Columbia had spent three weeks atop the country charts.[3]

Content

The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator exclaims that he would rather be sitting next to his lover than be anywhere else.

Other versions

It was covered by Rascal Flatts as a bonus track on the deluxe version of their 2012 album Changed.

Music video

The music video was directed by Larry Boothby.

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 23
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 22
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single
August 18-September 1, 1990		 Succeeded by
"Jukebox in My Mind" by Alabama
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks number-one single
September 1-8, 1990		 Succeeded by
"Nothing's News" by Clint Black

References

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  4. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1325." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 1, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Shenandoah – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Shenandoah.
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