"Wherever You Are" is a Number One song by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Jack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...

. It was Ingram's first Top 40 single on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts. It was the lead-off single to Ingram's first album for Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

, Live: Wherever You Are

Live: Wherever You Are

Live: Wherever You Are is an album, released in 2006, by country music artist Jack Ingram. His first album for Big Machine Records, it is largely a live album, although it features the studio tracks "Wherever You Are" and "Love You", both of which were released as singles...

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About the song

"Wherever You Are" was originally slated to be recorded by Canadian country music artist Deric Ruttan

Deric Ruttan

Deric J. Ruttan is a Canadian country music artist from Bracebridge, Ontario. Signed to Lyric Street Records in 2003, he made his chart debut on the U.S. and Canadian country music charts that year with the release of his single "When You Come Around"...

, as well as the band Rushlow

Rushlow

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. 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 Live: Wherever You Are

Live: Wherever You Are

Live: Wherever You Are is an album, released in 2006, by country music artist Jack Ingram. His first album for Big Machine Records, it is largely a live album, although it features the studio tracks "Wherever You Are" and "Love You", both of which were released as singles...

, from which it was released as a single in late 2005.

The song was Ingram's ninth release and first Top 40 chart entry. It was the first Number One single for Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

, as well as the first Number One single for co-writer Jeremy Stover.

Chart positions

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Chart (2006)	Peak position