"Next to You, Next to Me" | ||||
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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 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Robert Ellis Orrall Curtis Wright | |||
Producer(s) |
Robert Byrne Rick Hall | |||
Shenandoah singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
The song received a nomination for Single of the Year by the Academy of Country Music. [4]
The song is an up-tempo, in which the narrator exclaims that he would rather be sitting next to his lover than be anywhere else.
It was covered by Rascal Flatts as a bonus track on the deluxe version of their 2012 album Changed.
The music video was directed by Larry Boothby. It depicts the band singing the song in a basement, and various characters posing in front of a red pickup.
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM) [5] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [6] | 1 |
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM) [7] | 23 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard) [8] | 22 |
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