"Next to You, Next to Me" is the title of a song written by Robert Ellis Orrall

Robert Ellis Orrall

Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...

 and Curtis Wright

Curtis Wright

Curtis Blaine Wright is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records...

, and recorded by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 group Shenandoah

Shenandoah (band)

Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire...

. It was released in June 1990 as the lead-off single to their 1990 album Extra Mile

Extra Mile (album)

Extra Mile is the third studio album by the American country music band Shenandoah. It was released May 2, 1990 on Columbia Records. Their final album for the label, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country charts...

. It was a Number One hit in both the United States and Canada.

Content

The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator exclaims that he would rather be sitting next to his lover than be anywhere else.

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1