Always Where I Need to Be

"Always Where I Need to Be" is a song by British rock band the Kooks from their second studio album, Konk (2008). It was released in Japan on 19 March 2008 and in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2008. In the latter country, it debuted at number 71 on the UK Singles Chart via download sales alone and jumped to its peak at number three the following week, giving the band their highest-charting single in the UK. The video shows the band members playing their instruments in various parts of New York City, including Central Park and Coney Island.

"Always Where I Need to Be"
Single by the Kooks
from the album Konk
B-side	"Walk Away" "Always Free" "Mrs. Thompson"
Released	19 March 2008 (2008-03-19)
Genre	Indie rock[1]
Length	2:42
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Luke Pritchard
Producer(s)	Tony Hoffer
The Kooks singles chronology
"Pull Me In" (2007) "Always Where I Need to Be" (2008) "Shine On" (2008)

Track listings

UK CD1^[2]

1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
2. "Always Where I Need to Be" (video)

UK CD2^[3]

1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
2. "Walk Away"
3. "Always Free"

UK 7-inch single^[4]

A. "Always Where I Need to Be"

B. "Mrs. Thompson"

Japanese CD single^[5]

1. "Always Where I Need to Be"
2. "Slave to the Game"
3. "Something to Say"
4. "Naïve" (live)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[6] 84 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 63 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 19 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[9] 4 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[10] 174 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[11] 67 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[12] 10 Germany (GfK)[13] 55 Ireland (IRMA)[14] 15 Italy (FIMI)[15] 41 Japan (Japan Hot 100)[16] 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 27 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 43 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 40 Scotland (OCC)[20] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 53 UK Singles (OCC)[22] 3 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[23] 22

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position UK Singles (OCC)[24] 104

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Japan	19 March 2008	CD	Virgin	[26]
United Kingdom	31 March 2008	7-inch vinyl CD		[27]

In popular culture

"Always Where I Need to Be" features on the soundtrack to the video game by EA Sports, FIFA 09.^[28] This song is available in the PlayStation 3 Singstore, for the game Singstar. This song is also used as background music on ABC's commercials for Scrubs season eight premiering in 2009. The song has been featured several episodes of MTV Latin America Acapulco Shore.