B-side "Daddy's Little Man" Recorded 1990 Length 3:38 | Released June 1990 Genre Country Label Columbia Nashville | |
"Next to You, Next to Me" is a song written by Robert Ellis Orrall and Curtis Wright, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in June 1990 as the lead-off single from their album Extra Mile. It was a Number One hit in both the United States and Canada. It is also the band's longest-lasting number 1, at three weeks. As of 2006, no other single from Columbia had spent three weeks atop the country charts.
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The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator exclaims that he would rather be sitting next to his lover than be anywhere else.
Other versions
It was covered by Rascal Flatts as a bonus track on the deluxe version of their 2012 album Changed.
Music video
The music video was directed by Larry Boothby.
References
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