Wherever I Go (song)

This article is about the OneRepublic song. For the Miley Cyrus song, see Hannah Montana Forever.
"Wherever I Go"
Single by OneRepublic
from the album Oh My My
Released May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre
Length 2:49
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
OneRepublic singles chronology
"I Lived"
(2014)		 "Wherever I Go"
(2016)		 "Kids"
(2016)
Music video
"Wherever I Go" on YouTube

"Wherever I Go" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their fourth studio album, Oh My My.[1] The song was written and produced by lead singer Ryan Tedder, bassist/cellist Brent Kutzle and producer Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album's lead single on May 13, 2016.

The song's accompanying music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, focuses on a day in the life of a Korean businessman stuck in his routine.

Background and composition

"Wherever I Go" features piano lines and a funk-driven rhythm, marking a new style for the band. Explaining why it was important the lead single be different from the rest of the new album, Ryan Tedder said, "It's not indicative of the entire album but it's kind of like if you go have dinner, you don't order steak for an appetizer and steak for dinner. You split it up, and you have different things. So the first single... it's definitely an appetizer, I think it's the best appetizer we could come up with."

Tedder sings here of not being able to find a love to match one that he once had. This previous relationship will always remain a "ghost in the room," whenever he gets together with a new girl. Tedder explained the song is about "obsession, and almost an unnatural, unhealthy level of obsession."

Speaking on BBC Radio 1, Tedder discussed how hard OneRepublic worked to make the song sound fresh and current, but still organic. "It's hard as an actual band to evolve and still keep the humanity in the instruments," he said. "So it's tricky. You wanna hear the bass player, you wanna hear the drummer, but you want it to sound modern at the same time. So it took...ages to crack that code."

Music video

The music video premiered on May 17, 2016, directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Jil Hardin. Within the video, actor Kenneth Choi plays a businessman who faces an uneventful, colorless world of black, white and gray on a daily basis. However, upon meeting a woman who he presumably falls in love with, he subsequently puts down his briefcase, symbolising the idea of him leaving his regular, insipid characteristics behind him; he begins to ellaborately dance, an action usually not associated with business. His coworkers look at him aghast before also joining in. Still, he cannot woo over the woman he is interested in. It takes discovering a secret passageway containing the band performing to transform his life into color. When he steps back into the office after watching the band sing, everything becomes colorful. In the end, it is shown that it was all just a daydream, with him still in the lift, staring at the woman he wants.

Track listing

  1. "Wherever I Go" – 2:49
  1. "Wherever I Go" (Danny Dove club edit) – 4:57
  1. "Wherever I Go" – 2:49
  2. "Wherever I Go" (Instrumental) – 2:49

Personnel

Recording
Personnel

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.[5]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 32
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 29
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 45
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 38
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[11] 22
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[12] 17
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[13] 3
France (SNEP)[14] 78
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 33
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[16] 23
Hungary (Single Top 40)[17] 29
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 39
Italy (FIMI)[19] 17
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[20] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 34
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[24] 22
Portugal (AFP)[25] 38
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[26] 16
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[27] 28
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] 21
Slovenia (SloTop50)[29] 28
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 29
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 29
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[32] 29
US Billboard Hot 100[33] 55
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[34] 19
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[35] 11
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[36] 25

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[37] Gold 40,000^
Italy (FIMI)[38] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Silver 200,000double-dagger

^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 13 May 2016 Digital download
27 May 2016 CD maxi single[40]

References

  1. ↑ "OneRepublic Reveals Album Title and Date on Twitter". Twitter.
  2. ↑ "ONEREPUBLIC | Wherever I Go: OneRepublic – iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wherever I Go (Danny Dove Club Edit) - Single by OneRepublic on Apple Music".
  4. ↑ "Wherever I Go". 27 May 2016 – via Amazon.
  5. ↑ Wherever I Go (liner notes). OneRepublic. Mosley Music Group, Interscope Records. 2016. 0602547950253.
  6. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for OneRepublic. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  11. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201634 into search. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201631 into search. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ "OneRepublic – Wherever I Go Hitlisten.nu" (in Danish). Tracklisten. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Lescharts.com – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 31, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go". Top Digital Download. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Latvijas Top 40". Latvijas Radio. June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – OneRepublic search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go". AFP Top 100 Singles.
  26. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-06-10". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  27. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201631 into search. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  28. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201625 into search. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  29. ↑ "SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  30. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – OneRepublic – Wherever I Go". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-06-17" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  33. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for OneRepublic. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  34. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for OneRepublic. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  35. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for OneRepublic. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  36. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for OneRepublic. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  37. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – OneRepublic". Music Canada. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  38. ↑ "Italian single certifications – OneRepublic" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved August 23, 2016. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter OneRepublic in the field Filtra. Select 2016 in the field Anno. The certification will load automatically
  39. ↑ "British single certifications – OneRepublic". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 19, 2016. Enter OneRepublic in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  40. ↑ "Wherever I Go". 27 May 2016 – via Amazon.
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