{{Infobox song | name = Where Would You Be | cover = Martinamcbride451749.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Martina McBride | album = Greatest Hits | B-side = Concrete Angel | released = {{Start date|2002|04|22}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-04-19.pdf|title=Going for Adds - Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=30|date=April 19, 2002|issue=1449}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 4:04 | label = RCA Nashville | writer = {{hlist|Rick Ferrell|Rachel Proctor}} | producer = {{hlist|Martina McBride|Paul Worley}} | prev_title = Blessed | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Practice Life | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{External music video|"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012190833/http://www.cmt.com/videos/martina-mcbride/26443/where-would-you-be.jhtml Where Would You Be]" at CMT.com}} }} "'''Where Would You Be'''" is a song by American country music artist Martina McBride, recorded for her ''Greatest Hits'' (2001) compilation album. The song was penned by country musician Rachel Proctor and Rick Ferrell and was produced by McBride and Paul Worley. Lyrically, the song speaks of McBride acknowledging her failed relationship and questioning her partner "where he would be" if he wasn't with her. RCA Records Nashville sent the single to country radio on April 22, 2002 as the third single from the compilation.
"Where Would You Be" became McBride's 15th top ten hit, peaking at number three on the US Hot Country Songs chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=219}}</ref>
==Content== Producer Paul Worley thought that the song "challenged Martina more than any song ever has", and McBride said that she enjoyed "the rawness" of it.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Greatest Hits |others=Martina McBride |year=2001 |type=CD booklet |publisher=RCA Records |id=67012}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video was directed by Morris Abraham and premiered in May 2002.
== Critical reception == Deborah Evans Price from ''Billboard'' magazine gave the single a positive review. She said, "McBride is belting out those stratosphere notes that have become her stock-in-trade. It's a stunning vocal performance, and the production soars and swells alongside McBride's vocals." She ended her review by saying McBride has "chalked up yet another hit."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Evans Price |first=Deborah |date=May 18, 2002 |title=Reviews & Previews {{!}} Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2002/BB-2002-05-18.pdf |access-date=May 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |page=22 |volume=114 |issue=20}}</ref>
==Charts== "Where Would You Be" debuted at number 45 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 11, 2002. It peaked at number three the week of October 19, 2002, becoming McBride's third longest running single on the chart. {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="center"|Chart (2002) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Martina McBride|}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|45|artist=Martina McBride|}} |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2002) !scope="col"|Position |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2002: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media |year=2002 | accessdate=August 13, 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | 27 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Martina McBride singles}}
Category:2002 singles Category:2001 songs Category:Martina McBride songs Category:Songs written by Rachel Proctor Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Worley Category:RCA Records Nashville singles