Always Where I Need to Be

"Always Where I Need to Be"
Single by The Kooks
from the album Konk
Released 28 March 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Indie rock
Length 2:42
Label Astralwerks - Caroline
The Kooks singles chronology
"Pull Me In"
(2007)		 "Always Where I Need to Be"
(2008)		 "Shine On"
(2008)

"Always Where I Need to Be" is a song by English rock band The Kooks featured on their second album, Konk. It was released on 31 March 2008, and debuted at #71 in the UK Singles Chart the day before via download sales alone. However, it jumped to its peak at #3 the following week, marking the highest charting single the band has had to date. The video shows the band members playing their instruments in various parts of New York City, including Central Park and Coney Island. The song features on the soundtrack to the video game FIFA 09.[1] This song is available in the PlayStation 3 Singstore, for the game Singstar. This song is also used as background music on ABC's commercials for Scrubs season eight premiering in 2009.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1

  1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
  2. "Always Where I Need to Be" (video)

CD2

  1. "Always Where I Need to Be" (Jason M Extended Club Remix)
  2. "Walk Away"
  3. "Always Free"

7" Vinyl

  1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
  2. "Mrs. Thompson"

Release history

Country Date
Europe 28 March 2008
United Kingdom 31 March 2008
United States 1 April 2008

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 63
Belgian Singles Chart 25
Dutch Single Top 100 42
Dutch Top 40 27
European Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 55
Irish Singles Chart 28
Italian Singles Chart 41
New Zealand Singles Chart 40
Swiss Singles Chart 53
UK Singles Chart 3
UK Rock Chart 1
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks 22

References

  1. ^ "EA’s FIFA Soccer 09 soundtrack scores". EA Sports. August 14, 2008. http://www.fifa09.ea.com/us/readnews/entryid/25050. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
The Kooks
Luke Pritchard · Hugh Harris · Paul Garred · Peter Denton
Max Rafferty · Dan Logan
Studio albums
Singles
"Eddie's Gun" · "Sofa Song" · "You Don't Love Me" · "Naïve" · "She Moves in Her Own Way" · "Ooh La" · "Pull Me In" · "Always Where I Need to Be" · "Shine On" · "Sway" · "Junk of the Heart (Happy)" · "Is It Me"
Record labels