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"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Alan Jackson. It was the lead single from his tenth studio album, Drive (2002), released on Arista Nashville. The song's lyrics center on reactions to the September 11 attacks in the United States, written in the form of questions ...
On Nov. 7, 2001, when Alan Jackson debuted “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” live at the Country Music Association Awards, he knew the performance would be an important and ...
The song follows a police officer stationed at Ground Zero [41] "Anniversary" The song is set in New York City on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks and discusses how New Yorkers' lives have changed. [42] [43] "Zephyr and I" Refers to the "fireman’s monument, where all the fatherless teenagers go" [44] Velvet Revolver "Messages"
[24] After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Jackson released "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" as a tribute to those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The country/soft rock song became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream spotlight; Jackson had debuted the song at the 2001 CMA Awards and his performance ...
Drive is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson.Released in 2002 on Arista Nashville, the album produced Jackson's highest-debuting single on the Hot Country Songs charts in the number 1 hit, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", a ballad written in response to the September 11 attacks.
The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in August 2001, before the song's official release. It begins with a child in an elementary school talking about a presentation on the origins of the word redneck. Alan Jackson makes an appearance and performs the song in front of the class.
Earth’s inner core, a red-hot ball of iron 1,800 miles below our feet, stopped spinning recently, and it may now be reversing directions, according to an analysis of seismic activity.
The boys retrieve the stub, collect their confectionery, and lose all interest in the ladder. The whole misunderstanding is explained, and various platitudes exchanged that they all want to believe that they can go to heaven when they die, but the meaning is to enjoy life on Earth, which Alan Jackson tries and fails to turn into an umpteenth song.