That's Why I'm Here (song) - Misplaced Pages

"That's Why I'm Here" is a song written by Mark Alan Springer and Shaye Smith and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in March 1998 as the third single from Chesney’s 1997 album I Will Stand. The song became Chesney's sixth Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, reaching No. 2.

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Chesney told Billboard magazine that the song was his favorite on the album. "The thing that is so cool about this song is that it's about an alcoholic that's struggling to get better, but it has a happy ending and there's a lot of hope in this song."

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan, and premiered on CMT on December 25, 1997, during the channel’s Delivery Room video block broadcast, three months before the single's release.

Chart positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	9
US Billboard Hot 100	79
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	94
US Country Songs (Billboard)	20

References

Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
Billboard, June 14, 1997, Page 28.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3637." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 27, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
"Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
"Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
"Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

v t e Kenny Chesney 1993–2009 singles
Albums Singles
In My Wildest Dreams	"The Tin Man"
All I Need to Know	"Fall in Love" "All I Need to Know" "Grandpa Told Me So"
Me and You	"Me and You" "When I Close My Eyes"
I Will Stand	"She's Got It All" "A Chance" "That's Why I'm Here" "I Will Stand"
Everywhere We Go	"How Forever Feels" "You Had Me from Hello" "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" "What I Need to Do"
Greatest Hits	"I Lost It" "Don't Happen Twice" "The Tin Man"
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	"Young" "The Good Stuff" "A Lot of Things Different" "Big Star" "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
When the Sun Goes Down	"There Goes My Life" "When the Sun Goes Down" "I Go Back" "The Woman with You" "Anything but Mine" "Keg in the Closet"
The Road and the Radio	"Who You'd Be Today" "Living in Fast Forward" "Summertime" "You Save Me" "Beer in Mexico"
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	"Never Wanted Nothing More" "Don't Blink" "Shiftwork" "Better as a Memory"
Lucky Old Sun	"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" "Down the Road"
Greatest Hits II	"Out Last Night" "I'm Alive" "Ain't Back Yet"
Other songs	"Back Where I Come From" "Baptism" "Some People Change" "Hey, Good Lookin'" "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" "Every Other Weekend"

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