Here We Are (Alabama song)

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"Here We Are"
Single by Alabama
from the album Pass It On Down
B-side "Gulf of Mexico" [1]
ReleasedJune 3, 1991
RecordedFebruary 1990
Genre Country
Length2:52
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Beth Nielsen Chapman
Vince Gill
Producer(s) Alabama
Larry Michael Lee
Josh Leo
Alabama singles chronology
"Down Home"
(1991)
"Here We Are"
(1991)
"Then Again"
(1991)

"Here We Are" is a song written by Vince Gill and Beth Nielsen Chapman, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in June 1991 as the fifth and final single from their album Pass It On Down . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1991. [2]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 35
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 20

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