| Where I Ought to Be | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | 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 |
| Producer: | Chet Atkins |
| Prev Title: | Optimistic |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | The Little Music Box |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
"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" 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]
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.