Been There

"Been There" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Clint Black and Steve Wariner that peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2000. It was released in January 2000, as the second single from Black's album D'lectrified, and the final Top Ten hit for Wariner on the country singles charts.^[2]

Content

"Been There" is vocal duet by Black and Wariner, both of whom wrote the song. In it, they both describe being in certain undesirable situations, such as waking up "in the middle of a dream that didn't come true". They tell each other that they have "been there" and "don't wanna go back again". The song features steel-string acoustic guitar accompaniment from Wariner, and harmonica accompaniment from Black, as well as piano and Dobro flourishes. Extended harmonica and acoustic guitar trade-offs, which were abridged on the single edit, finish off the song. Like all the other songs on D'lectrified, "Been There" uses only acoustic instruments.

The song is in the key of A major with an approximate tempo of 96 beats per minute and a vocal range of E₄-D₆. The verses feature a repeating pattern of A and D chords for three lines before ending on the chord progression G-D-A, while the chorus follows the progression C♯m-D-C♯m-F♯m-C♯m-D-G-E.^[3]

Music video

The music video for this song begins with a static screen on the TV, then the camera zooms out, revealing it is coming from a TV. The scene then shows Black in bed with his pajamas, singing and playing a harmonica, as a band is shown through his outside window. The second verse shows Wariner watching TV and playing guitar in the living room of his house. The band shown in Black's window is also shown in Wariner's television. As soon as Wariner opens a door, scene changes between the two singers singing in different parts of a basement. Black then opens the door of his house, and the two are singing in a blue room. Towards the end of the music video, the scene changes back to Black's bedroom, with Black in his pajamas, as he is being lifted from his bed. After many changing scenes between Wariner's living room and the blue room, Black suddenly drops back on the bed, then gets up and climbs to the ceiling. During the last scene the video, scene changes between Black and Wariner in the blue room, playing their instruments, followed by a static screen, and Black walks back through it, and the band freezes, and the video ends.^[4]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated January 15, 2000, and peaked at number 5 the chart dated April 15, 2000, staying for two consecutive weeks. The song also peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, it spent four non-consecutive weeks at Number One on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	44
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	35

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Whitburn, pp. 447-448
↑ "'Been There' sheet music". musicnotes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
↑ ""Been There" video". CMT. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9779." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 27, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
↑ "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Clint Black.
↑ "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clint Black.
↑ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith "Carlene" by Phil Vassar	RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 27-April 3, 2000 May 1-May 8, 2000	Succeeded by "Carlene" by Phil Vassar "The Way You Love Me" by Faith Hill

Clint Black singles

Killin' Time	"A Better Man" "Killin' Time" "Nobody's Home" "Walkin' Away" "Nothing's News"

Put Yourself in My Shoes	"Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Loving Blind" "One More Payment" "Where Are You Now"

The Hard Way	"We Tell Ourselves" "Burn One Down" "When My Ship Comes In"

No Time to Kill	"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) "No Time to Kill" "State of Mind" "A Good Run of Bad Luck" "Half the Man"

One Emotion	"Untanglin' My Mind" "Wherever You Go" "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" "Life Gets Away"

Greatest Hits	"Like the Rain" "Half Way Up"

Nothin' but the Taillights	"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) "Something That We Do" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "The Shoes You're Wearing" "Loosen Up My Strings" "You Don't Need Me Now"

D'lectrified	"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) "Love She Can't Live Without"

Greatest Hits II	"Easy for Me to Say" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Money or Love"

Spend My Time	"Spend My Time" "The Boogie Man" "My Imagination"

Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic	"Rainbow in the Rain" "Code of the West" "Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic" "Heartaches"

On Purpose	"Time for That" "You Still Get to Me" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Still Calling It News"

Other songs	"Desperado" "I Raq and Roll" "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "The Strong One" "Long Cool Woman"

Steve Wariner

Studio albums	Steve Wariner Midnight Fire One Good Night Deserves Another Life's Highway It's a Crazy World I Should Be with You I Got Dreams Laredo I Am Ready Drive No More Mr. Nice Guy Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Two Teardrops Faith in You Steal Another Day

Notable singles	"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" "Your Memory" "By Now" "All Roads Lead to You" "Kansas City Lights" "Midnight Fire" "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" "Why Goodbye" "What I Didn't Do" "Heart Trouble" "Some Fools Never Learn" "You Can Dream of Me" "Life's Highway" "Starting Over Again" "Small Town Girl" "The Weekend" "Lynda" "Baby I'm Yours" "I Should Be with You" "Hold On (A Little Longer)" "Where Did I Go Wrong" "I Got Dreams" "When I Could Come Home to You" "The Domino Theory" "Precious Thing" "There for Awhile" "Leave Him Out of This" "The Tip of My Fingers" "A Woman Loves" "Crash Course in the Blues" "Like a River to the Sea" "If I Didn't Love You" "Drivin' and Cryin'" "It Won't Be Over You" "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" (with Garth Brooks) "Every Little Whisper" "Two Teardrops" "I'm Already Taken" "Faith in You" "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Garth Brooks)

Guest singles	"That's How You Know When Love's Right" (with Nicolette Larson) "That Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (with Glen Campbell) "What If I Said" (with Anita Cochran) "Been There" (with Clint Black)

Related articles	Discography RCA Records MCA Records Arista Records Capitol Records "Longneck Bottle" "One Small Miracle" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "Where the Blacktop Ends"

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