| Next to You, Next to Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Shenandoah |
| Album: | Extra Mile |
| B-Side: | Daddy's Little Man |
| Released: | June 1990 |
| Recorded: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:38 |
| Label: | Columbia Nashville |
| Producer: | Robert Byrne Rick Hall |
| Prev Title: | See If I Care |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Ghost in This House |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"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[1] and Canada. It is also the band's longest-lasting number 1, at three weeks.[2] As of 2006, no other single from Columbia had spent three weeks atop the country charts.[3]
The song received a nomination for Single of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.[4]
The song is an up-tempo, in which the narrator exclaims that he would rather be sitting next to his lover than be anywhere else.
It was covered by Rascal Flatts as a bonus track on the deluxe version of their 2012 album Changed.
The music video was directed by Larry Boothby. It depicts the band singing the song in a basement, and various characters posing in front of a red pickup.
| Chart (1990) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 23 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 22 |