Where You Are (Jessica Simpson song)

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"Where You Are"
Single by Jessica Simpson featuring Nick Lachey
from the album Sweet Kisses
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2000 (2000-02-21)
GenrePop
Length
  • 4:27 (album version)
  • 3:54 (edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Louis Biancaniello
  • Sam Watters
Jessica Simpson singles chronology
"I Wanna Love You Forever"
(1999) 		"Where You Are"
(2000) 		"I Think I'm in Love with You"
(2000)
Nick Lachey singles chronology
"Where You Are"
(2000) 		"
Shut Up
"
(2003)
Music video
"Where You Are" on Youtube.com

"Where You Are" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson from her debut studio album Sweet Kisses. The single was released after strong commercial interest in her first single "I Wanna Love You Forever". Written by Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, A. Stamatopoulou, Nick Lachey and produced by Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, the song (which is a collaboration with Nick Lachey) was released as Simpson's second single on February 21, 2000, by Columbia. The song reached number 62 on the US Billboard, becoming Simpson's second Hot 100 chart entry. The single is most known for being the first single that Simpson professionally recorded with Lachey. (The couple recorded several other duets, including, "A Whole New World" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside".)

Background

Simpson developed and nurtured her talent in her local

Baptist church, where her father worked as the congregation's youth minister. At age twelve, she unsuccessfully auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club.[1] While attending a church camp, at the age of 13, Simpson sang Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and an arrangement of "Amazing Grace". One of the camp's visitors was launching a Gospel music record label and saw great promise and profits in her voice. While attending J. J. Pearce High School, Simpson signed to Proclaim Records, a minor Gospel music record label. She recorded an album, Jessica, but Proclaim went bankrupt and the album was never released except for a small pressing funded by her grandmother. This small pressing gained her minor attention which led her to performing at concerts with other gospel legendary acts such as Kirk Franklin, God's Property, and CeCe Winans. When she was sixteen years old, Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola heard Jessica, he was impressed with Simpson's musical talent and skill. Mottola instantly thought Simpson sounded like Mariah Carey. Simpson was immediately signed to the label. She dropped out of high school but later earned her GED.[2][3]

Due to the mainstream success of teen pop artist

Evan Rogers and Cory Rooney. Biancaniello worked with Simpson on three of the album's eleven tracks, including "I Wanna Love You Forever", "Where You Are", and "Heart of Innocence". Simpson also met up with her then-boyfriend Nick Lachey, who already had a growing fanbase due to his work with boy-band 98 Degrees
. Together, the couple recorded a duet, titled "Where You Are".

Writing and production

"Where You Are" was written by Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello (the two also produced the album) with the help of A. Stamatopoulou. "Where You Are" is a

beats per minute. Simpson's vocal range extends from F3 to D5. The lyrics of "Where You Are" is constructed in verse–chorus form
and is centered on the first love. "Where You Are" is a sweet, graceful melancholy ballad built mainly based on a piano melody.

Chart performance

"Where You Are" failed to reach the top 50 on the US

Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
chart, reaching number four. Billboard magazine explained this contradiction by pointing out that the physical single included a previously unreleased remix of "I Wanna Love You Forever", which may have benefited sales. The single went on to sell around 100,000 copies within the United States alone. Internationally, the song was only released in Canada.

Music video

Directed by Kevin Bray, the video of "Where You Are" is relatively low key and features Lachey and Simpson singing to each other. Due to the song's dark nature, the film stock is graduated to align with pale tones that can be seen in the video. As the video is also from the Here on Earth soundtrack, the video features scenes from the film.

Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 Where You Are Choice Breakout Won[5]
Choice Love Song
 Won[5]

Track listings

US maxi-CD

  1. "Where You Are" (album version) – 4:32
  2. "Where You Are" (Lenny B's club mix) – 10:55
  3. "Where You Are" (Lenny B's dub mix) – 7:14
  4. "Where You Are" (Lenny B's Bonus Beats) – 2:30
  5. "I Wanna Love You Forever" (Soul Solution extended club vocal version) – 9:28

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States February 21, 2000
  • hot adult contemporary
    radio
 Columbia [13]
February 22, 2000 Contemporary hit radio
May 2, 2000
[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Jessica Simpson Biography". people.com. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  2. ^ "Jessica Simpson | Music Videos, News, Photos, Tour Dates, Ringtones, and Lyrics". MTV. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  3. ^ "Jessica Simpson Biography". foxnews.com. January 3, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  4. ^ "Song Key of Where You Are (Jessica Simpson)". GetSongKEY. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Teen Choice Awards (2000)". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7240." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7233." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jessica Simpson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  9. ^ "Jessica Simpson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  10. ^ "Jessica Simpson Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "Jessica Simpson Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  12. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: The Billboard 200". Billboard. December 30, 2000. p. YE-60. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  13. ^ "Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2291. February 11, 2000. pp. 12, 41.
  14. ^ "Simpson, Jessica - Where You Are [Vinyl]". Amazon.
  15. ^ "Jessica Simpson – Where You Are". Amazon.
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