Been There

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B-side"When I Said I Do"[1]
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2000
Recorded1999
"Been There"
Single by Clint Black with Steve Wariner
from the album D'lectrified
B-side"When I Said I Do"[1]
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2000
Recorded1999
GenreCountry
Length5:35 (album version)
3:47 (radio edit)
LabelRCA Nashville
SongwritersClint Black, Steve Wariner
ProducerClint Black
Clint Black singles chronology
"When I Said I Do"
(1999)
"Been There"
(2000)
"Love She Can't Live Without"
(2000)
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"I'm Already Taken"
(1999)
"Been There"
(2000)
"Faith in You"
(2000)

"Been There" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Clint Black and Steve Wariner that peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2000. It was released in January 2000, as the second single from Black's album D'lectrified. It was the final Top Ten hit for Wariner on the country singles charts, and also Black's final Top Ten hit as a lead artist.[2]

"Been There" is vocal duet by Black and Wariner, both of whom wrote the song. In it, they both describe being in certain undesirable situations, such as waking up "in the middle of a dream that didn't come true". They tell each other that they have "been there" and "don't wanna go back again". The song features steel-string acoustic guitar accompaniment from Wariner, and harmonica accompaniment from Black, as well as piano and Dobro flourishes. Extended harmonica and acoustic guitar trade-offs, which were abridged on the single edit, finish off the song. Like all the other songs on D'lectrified, "Been There" uses only acoustic instruments.

The song is in the key of A major with an approximate tempo of 96 beats per minute and a vocal range of E4-D6. The verses feature a repeating pattern of A and D chords for three lines before ending on the chord progression G-D-A, while the chorus follows the progression Cm-D-Cm-Fm-Cm-D-G-E.[3]

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