Released May 3, 2004 Label BNA | Genre Country Writer(s) Kenny Chesney | |
Recorded Nashville Recordings LLC, Length 4:03 (album version)
3:35 (single version) | ||
"I Go Back" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in May 2004 as the third single from his album When the Sun Goes Down. "I Go Back" spent a total of seven weeks at the number 2 position on the U.S. Billboard country charts in mid-2004.
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Content
The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator recalls various moments in his life, and how he is reminded of each of them when every time he hears a certain song. He references many of these songs, including Jack & Diane, Only the Good Die Young, and Rock'n Me. In the chorus, the narrator reflects in his past explaining his time, such as spending time on a football line, "driving [his] first love out to the levy," and losing a good friend, Lance Wilson. The official music video ends with the note: "In memory of Lance Wilson and all the summers I shared with him". Lance Wilson died in a "car wreck" when he was 17.
Music video
The music video was directed by Shaun Silva and was released in June 2004.
Chart performance
"I Go Back" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 1, 2004, at the time his single, "When the Sun Goes Down", was still at Number One.