Where I Ought to Be

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"Where I Ought to Be"
Single by Skeeter Davis
B-side"Something Precious"
ReleasedJanuary 1962
RecordedNovember 1, 1961
StudioRCA Victor Studio B
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
GenreCountry, Nashville Sound
LabelRCA Victor
SongwriterHarlan Howard
ProducerChet Atkins
Skeeter Davis singles chronology
"Optimistic"
(1961) 		"Where I Ought to Be"
(1962) 		"The Little Music Box"
(1962)

"Where I Ought to Be" is a song written by Harlan Howard. In 1961, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor in 1962.

"Where I Ought to Be" was recorded on November 1, 1961, at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1] The song was released as a single in January 1962, and it peaked at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' fifth top-ten hit on the country chart at that point. The song was not originally issued onto an official album.[2]

Chart performance

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Chart (1962) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides 9

References

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