Where You Goin' Now

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"Where You Goin' Now"
Damn Yankees Where You Goin' Now single.jpg
Single by Damn Yankees
from the album Don't Tread
B-side "This Side of Hell"
ReleasedJuly 10, 1992
Genre Glam metal [1]
Length4:27
Label Warner Bros.
40646 (Europe)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ron Nevison
Damn Yankees singles chronology
"Bad Reputation"
(1991)
"Where You Goin' Now"
(1992)
"Don't Tread On Me"
(1992)

"Where You Goin' Now" is a song by the band Damn Yankees. The power ballad was released as a single from their second album Don't Tread and peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their second and final top 40 hit.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Blades, Ted Nugent & Tommy Shaw.

  1. "Where You Going Now" (Edit) – 4:27
  2. "Where You Going Now" (Live version) – 4:46
  3. "High Enough" (Live version) – 4:36

Personnel

Damn Yankees

Additional musicians

Production

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