Where Do You Go (No Mercy song)

"Where Do You Go"
Single by No Mercy
from the album No Mercy (aka My Promise)
B-side "Where Do You Go (remix)"
Released June 18, 1996
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi
Genre Eurodance
Length 4:29
Label Arista
Writer(s) Peter Bischof
Franz Reuther
Producer Frank Farian
No Mercy singles chronology
"Missing"
(1995)		 "Where Do You Go"
(1996)		 "Please Don't Go"
(1996)

"Where Do You Go" is the title of a song written by Peter Bischof and Franz Reuther. It was recorded by American eurodance group No Mercy on their eponymous debut album released in June 1996 as their first single. It became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 5, and would be their only one to do so. It is little known that this song is a cover of a La Bouche track from 1995. The song was released in the United Kingdom in January 1997 and peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart the following month and went on to spend 15 weeks chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Hannes Rossacher and premiered in September 1996. It was filmed in Miami, Florida.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Where Do You Go" (radio mix) — 4:18
  2. "Where Do You Go" (ocean drive mix) — 7:27
CD maxi
  1. "Where Do You Go" (radio mix) — 4:28
  2. "Where Do You Go" (ocean drive mix) — 7:27
  3. "Where Do You Go" (club mix) — 7:10
  4. "Where Do You Go" (spike mix) — 6:25
  5. "Where Do You Go" (spike dub mix) — 6:05
  6. "Where Do You Go" (manumission mix) — 5:33
7" single
  1. "Where Do You Go" (radio mix) — 4:15
  2. "Where Do You Go" (trip house mix) — 4:26
12" maxi
  1. "Where Do You Go" (trip house mix) — 7:10
  2. "Where Do You Go" (manumission mix) — 5:34
  3. "Where Do You Go" (spike mix) — 6:22
  4. "Where Do You Go" (spike dub mix) — 6:07

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 2
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 5
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[1] 32
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[1] 5
Canadian RPM Top Singles 43
Canadian RPM Dance Chart[2] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[1] 8
Finnish Singles Chart[1] 15
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 4
German Singles Chart[3] 3
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] 27
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 6
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[4] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay[4] 17
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[4] 4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[4] 3
Chart (1997) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[5] 2
Irish Singles Chart[6] 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 29
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 41
French Singles Chart[9] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 26
End of year chart (1997) Position
UK Singles Chart 18

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[12] Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Gold 400,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Succession boxes

Preceded by
"2 Become 1" by Spice Girls		 Irish IRMA number-one single
January 25, 1997 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"I Finally Found Someone"
by Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Where Do You Go", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  2. ^ Canada Dance chart peak
  3. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. ^ a b c d e Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  6. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  7. ^ 1996 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  8. ^ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  9. ^ 1996 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  10. ^ 1996 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
  12. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (No Mercy; 'Where Do You Go')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Where+Do+You+Go&strInterpret=No+Mercy&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
  13. ^ "British single certifications – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Where Do You Go in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
  14. ^ "American single certifications – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Where+Do+You+Go%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

"Where Do You Go" on YouTube