Anywhere but Here (song)

"Anywhere but Here" is a song written by Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill and Buddy Cannon, and recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in September 1992 as the fourth and 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.

"Anywhere but Here"
Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Don't Go Near the Water
B-side"Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart"
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1992
GenreCountry
Length2:29
LabelMercury 864316-7
Songwriter(s)Buddy Cannon, Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill
Producer(s)Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Yard Sale"
(1992)		 "Anywhere but Here"
(1992)		 "She Don't Know She's Beautiful"
(1993)

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."[1]

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.

Chart (1992-1993) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 10
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References
  1. Billboard, October 17, 1992
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1823." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 16, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. "Sammy Kershaw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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