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“Wherever You Will Go” by The Calling
From the album Camino Palmero (2001)
“Wherever You Will Go” by The Calling appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2006. It was first released in 2001 on the album Camino Palmero. Its best result is #7 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #118 alternative song of 2001 and #4,211 alternative song of all time.
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"Wherever You Will Go" was the Calling's calling card, the song that kicked off their debut, Camino Palmero, in 2001, and it's a big, earnest post-grunge power ballad with its heart pinned to its sleeve. Alex Band and Aaron Kamin wrote it, and Kamin's parts go well beyond the usual: guitar, mandolin, sitar and sampler, with Satnam Ramgotra on tabla, Matt Laug on drums and Bob Glaub on bass. Marc Tanner produced it and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it to a radio gleam.
It remains the band's biggest hit by a mile: number five on the Billboard Hot 100, 23 weeks on top of the Adult Top 40, number one in Italy, New Zealand and Poland, and number three in the United Kingdom.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 101 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 7 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001 | 10 |
| 2001 | 92 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 20 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 44 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
| 2001 | 70 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2002 | 38 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 55 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2005 | 321 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 208 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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