Wher'm I Gonna Live?
"Wher'm I Gonna Live?" | ||||
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Single by Billy Ray Cyrus | ||||
from the album Some Gave All | ||||
B-side | "Some Gave All" | |||
Released | October 17, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Ray Cyrus, Cindy Cyrus | |||
Producer(s) | Joe Scaife, Jim Cotton | |||
Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology | ||||
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"Wher'm I Gonna Live?" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It was released in October 1992 as the third single from his debut album Some Gave All. The song was written by Cyrus and his then-wife Cindy.
Content
The male narrator comes home to find his wife has thrown out all his belongings on the front lawn and asks himself where is he going to go. Cyrus admitted in a 2013 interview that the song was based on his own experience at the end of his first marriage to Cindy Smith.
Cyrus said about the experience:
I played this little club in West Virginia 5 nights a week, 4 sets a night. ... One night I came home on a Tuesday night, which evolved into Wednesday morning when all my stuff was sitting out in the front yard. I asked myself, ‘Where am I gonna live? Where am I gonna live when I get home, my gosh that’s a song!’ And anyway, I just started singing this song as I sat there looking at all my belongings on the road there in Ironton, Ohio.[1]
Chart performance
"Wher'm I Gonna Live?" debuted at number 62 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of October 17, 1992, and reached a peak of number 23 on December 5, 1992, after 20 weeks on the chart.[2]
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Hot Country Tracks | 16 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 23 |
References
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- Some Gave All
- It Won't Be the Last
- Storm in the Heartland
- Trail of Tears
- Shot Full of Love
- Southern Rain
- Time Flies
- The Other Side
- Wanna Be Your Joe
- Home at Last
- Back to Tennessee
- I'm American
- Change My Mind
- Thin Line
- Set the Record Straight
- The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
- The Definitive Collection
- Love Songs
- Icon
- Brother Clyde
- "Achy Breaky Heart"
- "Could've Been Me"
- "Wher'm I Gonna Live?"
- "She's Not Cryin' Anymore"
- "In the Heart of a Woman"
- "Somebody New""
- "Words by Heart"
- "Storm in the Heartland"
- "It's All the Same to Me"
- "Busy Man"
- "You Won't Be Lonely Now"
- "Ready, Set, Don't Go"
- "Somebody Said a Prayer"
- "Back to Tennessee"
- "Nineteen"
- "Old Town Road (Remix)"
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
- "Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)"
- "Real Gone"
- "Butterfly Fly Away"
- Ron Cyrus (father)
- Tish Cyrus (wife)
- Brandi Cyrus (daughter)
- Trace Cyrus (son)
- Miley Cyrus (daughter)
- Noah Cyrus (daughter)
- Brother Clyde
- Robby Stewart
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