Released September 28, 1992 Genre Country Label Mercury 864316-7 | Format 7" single, CD single Length 2:29 | |
B-side "Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart" | ||
"Anywhere but Here" is the title of the fourth single released by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was co-written by Bob DiPiero and John Scott Sherrill with Buddy Cannon, who also produced it. It was released in September 1992 as the final single from his debut album, Don't Go Near the Water. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #17 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.
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Content
The narrator is getting a bus ticket to leave town after he found his lover fooling around. He doesn't care where the bus takes him as long as it is "anywhere but here".
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Kershaw "adds a bit of George Jones flair on this particular number."
Music video
The music video was directed by Matthews/Smith and premiered in late 1992. It features Sammy and his band on tour stopping at a truck stop, when Sammy gets out of the bus, he bumps into NASCAR driver Mark Martin and his pit crew. After his band leaves the truck stop without him, he asks Mark to drive him to where he and his band are performing live.
Chart performance
"Anywhere but Here" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 3, 1992.