Sittin' on Go
{{Infobox song
| name = Sittin' on Go
| cover = Sittin On Go single cover.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bryan White
| album = Between Now and Forever
| released = February 24, 1997
| recorded = 1995
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:08
| label = Asylum
| writer = Rick Bowles, Josh Leo
| producer = Billy Joe Walker Jr., Kyle Lehning
| prev_title = That's Another Song
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Love Is the Right Place
| next_year = 1997
}}
"Sittin' on Go" is a song written by Rick Bowles and Josh Leo, and recorded by American country music singer Bryan White. It was released in February 1997 as the fourth and final single from his album Between Now and Forever. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, giving White his fourth and final Number One single.
Content
The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator is addressing his lover, who is reluctant to begin a relationship with him. The narrator, who wants to begin the relationship, tells her that he is ready for her to give in, and is "sittin' on go" until she is ready.
The verses are in the key of A major, with a modulation upward to B major on the chorus.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0102388&|title='Sittin' on Go' sheet music|work=Musicnotes.com|accessdate=19 April 2013}}
Critical reception
Robert Eisele of The Kansas City Star wrote that the song was "easily digested and just as easily forgotten."{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF45FCAEF08820&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=White, Rimes offer uneven performance|last=Eisele|first=Robert|date=16 August 1998|work=The Kansas City Star|accessdate=14 August 2011}}
A review of the song in Radio & Records wrote that "Judicious use of an electric guitar's whammy bar opens the latest hook-laden single".{{cite journal|date=February 21, 1997|title=Going for Adds|journal=Radio & Records|page=57|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-02-21.pdf}}
Chart positions
"Sittin' on Go" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of March 1, 1997.{{cite magazine|date=March 1, 1997|title=Hot Country Singles|magazine=Billboard|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9g4EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22sittin+on+go%22}}
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!align="left"|Chart (1997) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=3235|publishdate=June 16, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}} |
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Personnel
The following musicians played on this track.{{cite AV media notes |title=Between Now and Forever |others=Bryan White |year=1996 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Asylum Records |id=61880}}
- Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Steve Nathan – organ
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
- Bryan White - lead vocals, background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar, fuzz bass
- Curtis Young – background vocals