| Meanwhile | |
| Cover: | George Strait - Meanwhile.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | George Strait |
| Album: | Always Never the Same |
| Released: | January 4, 1999 |
| Recorded: | November 1998 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:31 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Tony Brown George Strait[1] |
| Prev Title: | We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Write This Down |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Meanwhile" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and J. Fred Knobloch, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in January 1999 as the first single to his album Always Never the Same. It peaked at number 4 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, while it was a number-one hit on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, marking his first Top 40 hit on that chart.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "lilting ballad". She goes on to say that "Strait's voice sounds like he's lived every word — the pleasure, the nostalgia, the wistful longing".[2]
"Meanwhile" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 9, 1999.
| Chart (1999) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 46 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 46 |