Wher'm I Gonna Live? Explained

Wher'm I Gonna Live?
Type:single
Artist:Billy Ray Cyrus
Album:Some Gave All
B-Side:Some Gave All
Released:October 17, 1992
Recorded:1991
Genre:Country
Length:3:29
Label:Mercury
Producer:Joe Scaife, Jim Cotton
Prev Title:Could've Been Me
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:She's Not Cryin' Anymore
Next Year:1993

"Wher'm I Gonna Live?" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It was released in October 1992 as the third single from his debut album Some Gave All. The song was written by Cyrus and his then-wife Cindy.

Content

The male narrator comes home to find his wife has thrown out all his belongings on the front lawn and asks himself where is he going to go. Cyrus admitted in a 2013 interview that the song was based on his own experience at the end of his first marriage to Cindy Smith.

Cyrus said about the experience:

Chart performance

"Wher'm I Gonna Live?" debuted at number 62 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of October 17, 1992, and reached a peak of number 23 on December 5, 1992, after 20 weeks on the chart.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-12-05/country-songs Billboard Chart Highlights - December 1992