Whenever You Come Around Explained

Whenever You Come Around
Cover:Whenever You Come Around cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Vince Gill
Album:When Love Finds You
B-Side:South Side of Dixie
Released:April 11, 1994
Recorded:1993
Genre:Country
Length:4:19
Label:MCA
Producer:Tony Brown
Prev Title:Tryin' to Get Over You
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:What the Cowgirls Do
Next Year:1994

"Whenever You Come Around" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in April 1994 as the first single from the album When Love Finds You. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It was written by Gill and Pete Wasner. The song was covered by Willie Nelson in 2014 for his Band of Brothers album.

Cover versions

Country music singer Chris Stapleton covered the song from the television special CMT Giants: Vince Gill.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song is "beautifully written and impeccably performed."[2]

Commercial performance

"Whenever You Come Around" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 16, 1994. The song has sold 207,000 digital copies as of March 2019 since it became available for download.[3]

Personnel

Complied from the liner notes.[4]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 42
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 12

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 135.
  2. Billboard, April 23, 1994
  3. News: Top 30 Digital Country Tracks: March 11, 2019 . Roughstock. Bjorke. Matt. March 9, 2019. March 23, 2019.
  4. When Love Finds You . Vince Gill . 1994 . cassette . MCA Records . CMCAC 11047.
  5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.
  6. Best of 1994: Country Songs . . . 1994. August 4, 2013.