"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" is a country pop song written by Taylor for the 2009 film "Hannah Montana: The Movie". The song is performed by Hannah Montana, a character Miley Cyrus portrays in the film. A karaoke version of the song is available in the soundtrack's karaoke series. The song is musically country pop and pop rock. Lyrically, the track is about staying grounded and going back to one's roots.
The song received critical success for its use in the film. "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" was met with average-to-low commercial outcomes for Cyrus in several countries, compared to those of her previous efforts as Montana. It reached its highest international peak in the Canadian Hot 100, at number thirty-six. The song received a music video to coincide with the home release of "Hannah Montana: The Movie".
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift became involved with "Hannah Montana: The Movie" when filmmakers emailed her specifically to request the use of her music in the film. Swift agreed to make a cameo appearance in the film to sing "Crazier" as well as to co-write a song with Boys Like Girls lead singer Martin Johnson. In an interview with MTV, Johnson described working with Swift:
"She's awesome. She's one of the most talented songwriters to work with, if not, the best. For such a young girl, she's so creative and spot-on. She knows the audience, she truly understands the kind of pop music that is from the heart and done in a tasteful way. She knows ways to make things pop and also make you feel it at the same time. We wrote a bunch of songs together and it was a lot of fun." - Martin Johnson
"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" is used as the closing number of "Hannah Montana: The Movie". In the film, Cyrus performs as popstar Hannah Montana onstage at an outdoor fundraiser to save her hometown's treasured park from developers. More than 2,000 extras were used to film the scene.
The song received positive reviews from critics. Simon Weaving of Screenwize.com said the film's conflicts are "mostly expressed in the simple, sugared lyrics of a series of pop hits that seamlessly find their way into the story – including '
"The Best of Both Worlds" and "You’ll Always Find a Way Back Home"." James Plath of Dvdtown.com described the song as being "integrated pretty well into the narrative". Peter Canavese of Grouncho Reviews said "the story makes way for [...] "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home", which would attract "the film's target audience of pre-teen girls". Warren of Truitt of About.com listed the song as the third best song by Hannah Montana. The song was included on the short list for "Best Original Song" at the 82nd Academy Awards.
Whoa!
You wake up. It's raining and it's Monday.
Looks like one of those rough days. Time's up!
You're late again so get out the door (get out the door).
Sometimes you feel like runnin'.
Find a whole new life and jump in.
Let go, get up and hit the dance floor.
When the lights go down, it's the ending of the show!
And you're feeling like you got nowhere to go.
Don't you know?
You can change your hair,
And you can change your clothes.
You can change your mind,
That's just the way it goes.
You can say goodbye and you can say hello.
But you'll always find your way back home.
You can change your style,
You can change your jeans.
You can learn to fly,
And you can chase your dreams.
You can laugh and cry,
But everybody knows.
You'll always find your way back home.
Huh!
Your best friends
Your little hometown.
Waiting up wherever you go now (mmm)
You know that you can't always turn around (turn around)
Cause this world is big and it's crazy (it's crazy)
This girl is thinking a maybe.
This life is what some people dream about (dream about)
Cause when I'm feeling down and I'm all alone (one-one)
I always got a place where I can go.
'Cause I know.
Yeah they know exactly who you are (are)
Where the real you is a superstar (star)
You know it's never too far away.
You can change your hair,
You can change your clothes.
You can change your mind
That's just the way it goes.
You can say goodbye and you can say hello.
But you'll always find your way back
You can change your hair,
You can change your clothes.
You can change your mind
That's just the way it goes.
You can say goodbye and you can say hello.
But you'll always find your way back home.
You can change your style,
You can change your jeans.
You can learn to fly,
You can chase your dreams,
You can laugh and cry.
But everybody knows.
You'll always find your way back home.
You'll always find your way back home.
You'll always find your way back home.
You'll always find your way back home.
You'll always find your way back home.
You'll always
You'll always find your way.
You'll always find your way (back home) back home.
Written by: Taylor Swift, Martin Johnson