I'm Already There (song)

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"I'm Already There"
Lonestar - I'm Already There.jpg
Single by Lonestar
from the album I'm Already There
B-side "Tell Her" (US)
"Amazed" (Australia)
ReleasedApril 16, 2001 (2001-04-16)
Genre Country pop
Length4:13
Label BNA 69083
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Lonestar singles chronology
"Tell Her"
(2000)
"I'm Already There"
(2001)
"With Me"
(2001)
Alternative cover
Lonestar-Im-Already-There-European.jpg
European Single Cover

"I'm Already There" is a song by American country music band Lonestar, written by lead singer Richie McDonald along with Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers. It was released on April 16, 2001 as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was the band's fifth consecutive Number One, and their seventh overall. [1]

Contents

Content

In the song, McDonald narrates about a man who is on the road, and the lyric explains how the man feels and how his family is responding to his absence. This also explains how much the man loves his family, and how much they mean to him. He then says that he will always be there for them in spirit, even though he is separated from them physically. The song became associated with the September 11 attacks (even though it was released before the attacks) along with family members being deployed and returning from deployment, and has been heard many times on Good Morning America .[ citation needed ] Due to its tone and subject matter, "I’m Already There" is considered one of Lonestar’s darker[ clarification needed ] songs, alongside "Not a Day Goes By", their 2002 single revolving around breakups.

On their 2003 greatest-hits package From There to Here: Greatest Hits , Lonestar included a "Message from Home" version which included dubbed-in telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers. This version also lacks the line "And I'll gently kiss your lips / Touch you with my fingertips" from the second verse.

Music video

The music video premiered to CMT on June 7, 2001 and was directed by Michael Salomon. On April 21, 2003, they released another version of the music video to recast the song as a tribute to the military. This version is the one that is most-played on TV. The band's performance was shot at Nashville's Union Station Hotel.

Track listing

US vinyl 7" single
  1. "I'm Already There" – 4:13
  2. "Tell Her" – 3:36
US promo CD single
  1. "I'm Already There" (Rhett Mix RES Short Intro) – 4:06
  2. "I'm Already There" (Rhett Mix RES Vocal Up) – 4:14
  3. "I'm Already There" (Rhett Mix RES Short Intro Vocal Up) – 4:12
  4. "I'm Already There" (Huff's Stuff Guitar Down Mix) – 4:12
  5. "I'm Already There" (Suggested Hook) – 0:10
UK CD single
  1. "I'm Already There" (Huff Mix) – 4:12
  2. "Every Little Thing She Does" – 3:13
  3. "What About Now" (Remix) – 3:27
Australia CD single
  1. "I'm Already There" (Single Version) – 4:11
  2. "I'm Already There" (Album Version) – 4:13
  3. "Amazed" – 4:02

Critical reception

Andrea Dresdale of Rolling Stone cited the song as a standout track on the album, calling it "a finely detailed snapshot of everyday life that'll have anyone in a long distance relationship reaching for the Kleenex." [2]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "I'm Already There"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesApril 16, 2001 Country radio BNA [11] [12]
September 3, 2001 Adult contemporary radio [13]
September 10, 2001 Hot adult contemporary radio [14]
late September 2001 Contemporary hit radio [15]
AustraliaOctober 29, 2001CD single [16]

Westlife version

"I'm Already There"
Song by Westlife
from the album Back Home
ReleasedDecember 2007 (December 2007)
Genre Pop
Length4:18
Label Sony BMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Quiz & Larossi

A cover of the song is the fourth track on the ninth studio album of Westlife, Back Home . It entered the UK download chart at #74 after "The Westlife Show" in December 2007. The song was not released as a single but peaked at #62 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

In 2008 on Series 5 of X Factor in the United Kingdom, JLS performed the Westlife version and it re-entered the UK charts at #106 and peaked at #63. It entered the Official Irish Singles Chart at #47.

The song has been performed on 4 tours: The Back Home Tour (2008), The Where We Are Tour (2010), The Gravity Tour (2011) and The Wild Dreams Tour (2022).

ChartPeak
position
UK Singles Chart 62
UK Download Chart 74
Irish Singles Chart 47

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