"Wherever You Are" is a song recorded by American

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artist

Jack Ingram Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is an American country music artist formerly signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eleven studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, and 19 singles. Although ...

. It was Ingram's first Top 40 single on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. It was released in November 2005 as the lead-off single to Ingram's first album for

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, '' Live: Wherever You Are''.

Background

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

Deric Ruttan Deric J. Ruttan (born January 27, 1972) is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter and record producer from Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. A Nashville, Tennessee resident, he has released four studio albums and has written or co-written more ...

, as well as the band

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. In 2005,

Scott Borchetta Scott Borchetta (born July 3, 1962) is an American record executive and founder of the Big Machine Label Group. He started the label in 2005 with 13 employees, as its president/CEO and encompasses four imprints: Big Machine Records, BMLG Recor ...

, 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'', 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 country single for

and co-writer

Jeremy Stover Jeremy Stover (born August 20, 1972) is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Stover is an alumnus of Belmont University. Stover has written singles for Tim McGraw, Jon Pardi, Wynonna, Martina McBride, and others. His fir ...

, who wrote the song with Steve Bogard.Jack Ingram, Big Machine Records Score First No. 1 Single
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Music video

The music video was directed by David McClister and premiered in early 2006. It features Jack performing in different locations including a desert, a garage, and in a room with purple lights.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

References

{{Jack Ingram 2005 singles 2005 songs Big Machine Records singles Jack Ingram songs Song recordings produced by Jeremy Stover Songs written by Jeremy Stover Songs written by Steve Bogard