{{Infobox song | name = Me and Emily | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Rachel Proctor | album = Where I Belong | released = March 2004 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}} | label = BNA | writer = Rachel Proctor<Br />Chris Tompkins | producer = Chris Lindsey | prev_title = Didn't I | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Where I Belong | next_year = 2004 }} '''"Me and Emily"''' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Rachel Proctor. It was released in March 2004 as the third single from her album ''Where I Belong''. Proctor wrote this song with Chris Tompkins.
==Content== The song is about a female who drives away from an abusive relationship, taking her daughter with her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/676733591.html?dids=676733591:676733591&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+10%2C+2004&author=Brian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=She%27s+riding+along+with+%27Emily%27&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908203052/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/676733591.html?dids=676733591:676733591&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+10,+2004&author=Brian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=She's+riding+along+with+'Emily'&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2012|title=She's riding along with 'Emily'|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|date=10 August 2004|work=USA Today|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="cst">{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2245|title=''Where I Belong'' review|last=Weisberger|first=Jon|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> It is in E-flat major, with a main chord pattern of A{{Flat}}{{sub|sus}}2-B{{flat}}{{sub|sus}}-Cm7-B{{flat}}{{sub|sus}}. It is primarily accompanied by piano and guitars set to E-flat tuning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0047461&|title='Me and Emily' sheet music|work=MusicNotes.com|date=23 August 2004 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>
Proctor told ''Country Weekly'' that the idea came about during a songwriting session with Chris Tompkins. She had not written a song in eight months, and "wanted a day off", but Tompkins suggested a line about "stuff scattered in the floorboard of a car." After Proctor told him that "Everybody has a driving song", he suggested that they take the story in a different direction, when Proctor came up with the phrase "me and Emily". Although neither of them had experienced domestic abuse, Proctor had been told by fans that it convinced them to leave their own abusive relationships. BNA Records executives insisted that Proctor cut the song, and held the release of her debut album ''Where I Belong'' until the song was released as its third single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryweekly.com/vault/story-behind-song-me-emily|title=STORY BEHIND THE SONG: "ME & EMILY"|date=9 December 2004|work=Country Weekly|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Thom Jurek of Allmusic compared the song's intro to "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn, and said that it "shows Proctor's mettle as a lyricist[…]the conviction in the grain of her voice brings to bear all the weight placed on the protagonists' decision. It's tough, believable, and full of brittle truth and that glimmer of hope that makes country songs of any stripe special."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/where-i-belong-r658588/review|title=''Where I Belong'' review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>
==Chart performance== "Me and Emily" debuted at number 59 on the Hot Country Songs dated March 13, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1485584/religious-albums-climb-the-country-chart.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612232937/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1485584/religious-albums-climb-the-country-chart.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2009|title=Religious Albums Climb the Country Chart|last=Shelburne|first=Craig|date=6 March 2004|work=CMT|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> It charted for 22 weeks and peaked at number 18.<ref name="whitburn"/>
{|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2004) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- |US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=335|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> |align=center|10 |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|18|artist=Rachel Proctor||accessdate=March 15, 2012}} |}
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