Where I Ought to Be

"Where I Ought to Be" is a song written by Harlan Howard. In 1961, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor in 1962.

"Where I Ought to Be"
Single by Skeeter Davis
B-side	"Something Precious"
Released	January 1962
Recorded	November 1, 1961
Studio	RCA Victor Studio B Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Genre	Country, Nashville Sound
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Harlan Howard
Producer(s)	Chet Atkins
Skeeter Davis singles chronology
"Optimistic" (1961) "Where I Ought to Be" (1962) "The Little Music Box" (1962)

"Where I Ought to Be" was recorded on November 1, 1961, at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.^[1] The song was released as a single in January 1962, and it peaked at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' fifth top-ten hit on the country chart at that point. The song was not originally issued onto an official album.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1962)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides	9