| "Who You'd Be Today" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Kenny Chesney | ||||||||||
| from the album The Road and the Radio | ||||||||||
| Released | September 12, 2005 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Genre | Country | |||||||||
| Length | 4:14 | |||||||||
| Label | BNA 82876-72952 | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Bill Luther Aimee Mayo |
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| Producer | Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney |
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| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||||||||
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"Who You'd Be Today" is a single by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was the first single from Chesney's 2005 album The Road and the Radio. It was also Chesney's highest-debuting single at the time, having entered the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at #26. This record has since been broken by "Don't Blink", which debuted at #16 two years later.[1]
Despite reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, the song was not included on Chesney's 2009 release Greatest Hits II.
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The song is an ode to a person who died before their time: “It ain’t fair, you died too young/Like a story that had just begun/But death tore the pages all away.” The narrator describes how much that person is missed and questions what their life would be like if they were still alive. The song ends with the narrator saying that the only hope that comes from the death is knowing that they will see each other again one day.
The music video was directed by Shaun Silva and premiered on CMT on September 27, 2005. It starts off with two teenage boys in a basketball practice, and then cuts to Chesney's performance, and subjects related to the song's storyline.
The song can also be view as a death of a relationship. “It ain’t fair, you died too young/Like a story that had just begun/But death tore the pages all away.” It can be viewed as Looking Back, and wishing you were there. It would be nice to see you again in another place and time
The song debuted at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week ending October 1, 2005.
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 37 |
| US Billboard Pop 100 | 61 |