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Where I'm Headed

{{Short description|1999 single by Lene Marlin}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Where I'm Headed

| cover = Lene_Marlin_Where_I'm_Headed.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lene Marlin

| album = Playing My Game

| B-side =

  • "The Way We Are" (live)
  • "So I See"

| released = {{start date|1999|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:11

| label = Virgin

| writer = Lene Marlin

| producer =

  • Hans G
  • Jørn Dahl

| prev_title = Sitting Down Here

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = You Weren't There

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|kKvaWsGh5jA|"Where I'm Headed"}}}}

}}

"Where I'm Headed" is the eight track on Norwegian singer-songwriter Lene Marlin's debut studio album, Playing My Game (1999). Written by Marlin and produced by Hans G and Jørn Dahl, the song was released as the album's third single in late 1999 following Marlin's international breakthrough hit, "Sitting Down Here".

Despite not charting in Marlin's native Norway, the single became a top-10 success in Finland, France, and Italy, peaking at numbers seven, five, and two, respectively. In France, it became Marlin's highest-charting single, earned a gold sales certification, and was ranked number 38 on the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) year-end chart for 1999, selling 300,000 copies there by January 2000. When released in the United Kingdom in 2001, it peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition

With a duration of four minutes and eleven seconds,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/where-im-headed-mw0001472163|title=Lene Marlin – Where I'm Headed|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=11 July 2020}} "Where I'm Headed" is composed in the key of D major with a tempo of 120 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=https://tunebat.com/Info/Where-I-m-Headed-Lene-Marlin/0DRJwSmnsMT8CCbbcze07Q|title=Key & BPM for Where I'm Headed by Lene Marlin|website=Tunebat|access-date=11 July 2020}}

Critical reception

Geir Rakvaag from Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen called "Where I'm Headed", along with "Unforgivable Sinner" and "Sitting Down Here", one of the "catchiest" songs on the album.{{cite news|url=https://www.nb.no/items/f02e11cf0724c6ad20bc5b7b0c3433a7?searchText=moslet&page=13|title=Pent og pyntelig fra Lene Marlin|trans-title=Nice and decorative from Lene Marlin|last=Rakvaag|first=Geir|newspaper=Dagsavisen|language=no|volume=115|issue=11|page=15|date=20 March 1999|access-date=11 July 2020}}

Track listings

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Norwegian maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Where I'm Headed|others=Lene Marlin|year=1999|type=Norwegian maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=DINSDF 196, 7243 96410 28}}

  1. "Where I'm Headed" – 4:13
  2. "Where I'm Headed" (instrumental) – 4:13
  3. "The Way We Are" (live at Sound Republic) – 4:49

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Where I'm Headed|others=Lene Marlin|year=1999|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=DINSDE 196, 7243 8 96412 26}}

  1. "Where I'm Headed" – 4:13
  2. "Where I'm Headed" (instrumental) – 4:13

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UK CD and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Where I'm Headed|others=Lene Marlin|year=2000|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=DINSD 196, 7243 8 96438 0 0}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Where I'm Headed|others=Lene Marlin|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Virgin Records|id=DINSC 196, 7243 8 96438 48}}

  1. "Where I'm Headed" (Phil Bodger remix edit) – 3:42
  2. "Where I'm Headed" – 4:11
  3. "So I See" – 4:49

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1999–2001)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Flanders Tip|7|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|27|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-11-06.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Single|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=45|page=20|date=6 November 1999|access-date=11 July 2020}}

|25

{{single chart|Finland|7|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
{{single chart|France|5|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020|refname="fra"}}
{{single chart|Italy|2|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
{{single chart|Scotland|28|date=20010113|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
{{single chart|Sweden|35|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|28|artist=Lene Marlin|song=Where I'm Headed|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}
{{single chart|UK|31|date=20010113|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1999)

!Position

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=1999|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1999|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=11 July 2020}}

|38

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Lene Marlin|title=Where I?m Headed|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|salesamount=300,000|salesref={{cite news|url=https://www.nb.no/items/760d130e06a2fb06ce23cf55241b3493?page=19|title=Lene Marlin i ny, sterk ungdomsfilm|trans-title=Lene Marlin in a new, strong youth film|last1=Kibar|first1=Osman|last2=Steinkjer|first2=Mode|newspaper=Dagsavisen|language=no|volume=116|issue=20|page=20|date=21 January 2000|access-date=6 August 2022|quote=Så langt er «Where I'm Headed» solgt i 300,000 eksemplarer i Frankrike...|trans-quote=So far 'Where I'm Headed' has sold 300,000 copies in France...}}|access-date=11 July 2020|refname="snep"}}

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Release history

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scope="row"|Norway

|1999

|Maxi-CD

|rowspan="3"|Virgin

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scope="row"|France

|3 October 1999

|CD

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|1 January 2001

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|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-12-23.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=23 December 2000|access-date=9 August 2021}}

References

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{{Lene Marlin}}

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Category:1999 singles

Category:1999 songs

Category:Lene Marlin songs

Category:Virgin Records singles