Where the Wild Things Are (song)

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"Where the Wild Things Are"
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Single by Luke Combs
from the album Gettin' Old
ReleasedOctober 16, 2023 (2023-10-16)
Genre Country
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Luke Combs singles chronology
"Life Goes On"
(2023)
"Where the Wild Things Are"
(2023)
"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma"
(2024)

"Where the Wild Things Are" is a song written by Randy Montana and Dave Turnbull, and recorded by American country music singer Luke Combs. It was released on October 16, 2023 as the third single from his fourth studio album Gettin' Old .

Contents

History and content

Songwriters Randy Montana and Dave Turnbull wrote "Where the Wild Things Are" several years prior to it being recorded by Combs. According to Combs in an interview with the blog Country Now, the song was originally submitted to Eric Church, who declined to record it. [1] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country thought the song had "outlaw" imagery and noted it to be one of the few "storytelling" songs in Combs's discography. [2]

Commercial performance

"Where the Wild Things Are" peaked at number three on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in late February 2024, becoming Combs's second single to miss the number one spot on that chart, [3] and with a number four peak on Hot Country Songs, it was his first single to miss the top spot on either. It did, however, reach number one on the Canada Country chart.

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Where the Wild Things Are"
Chart (2023–2024)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 48
Australia Country Hot 50 (The Music) [5] 14
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [6] 26
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [7] 1
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [8] 108
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 53
UK Country Airplay (Radiomonitor) [10] 18
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 26
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [12] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 4

Certifications

Certifications for "Where the Wild Things Are"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [14] Platinum70,000
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Platinum80,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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