You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home

"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" is a country pop song written 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. The song received a music video to coincide with the home release of Hannah Montana: The Movie.

The song was never featured in the show.

Development
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.""

"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.

Critical reception
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.

Chart performance
The song made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-seven on the week ending April 11, 2009. "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" fell one spot to number eighty-eight in the following week, but on the week ending May 2, 2009 it reached its peak on the Hot 100 at number eighty-one due to digital downloads that placed it at number fifty-two on Hot Digital Songs. In the Canadian Hot 100, "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" debuted at eighty-eight on the week ending April 11, 2009 and reached its peak at number seventy-six on the week ending May 2, 2009.

Music video
A promotional music video for "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" was filmed in correlation to the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack. The video, part of a series of promotional videos titled The Miley Sessions, was released in March 2009 on Disney.com and features Cyrus singing in a vacant recording studio.

An excerpt from Hannah Montana: The Movie premiered as the song's music video in August 2009 on Disney Channel to promote the home release of the film. The video begins with Cyrus and her backup dancers atop a stage in a crowded outdoor concert. Cyrus is dressed as Hannah Montana and is wearing a business suit. As Cyrus begins singing, she and the dancers engage in intricate choreography. The video then transitions to a clip from Hannah Montana: The Movie in which Cyrus' character is getting down from a private airplane. The video continues to alternate between Cyrus performing and more film clips; scenes include Stewart taking off her Hannah Montana wig and interacting with Travis Body, her love interest in the film, portrayed by actor Lucas Till. Midway through the video, Cyrus and her dancers exit the stage through a back door and instantly enter sporting western clothing with Cyrus in a western teal button up shirt, a checkered red and white table cloth with purple ruffles pettiskirt or a petticoat, and cowboy boots.

Lyrics
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

But 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

Your best friends

Your little hometown

Waiting up wherever you go now

You know that you can't always turn around (turn around)

'Cause this world is big and it's crazy (it's crazy)

And this girl is thinking that maybe

This life is what some people dream about (dream about)

'Cause when I'm feeling down and I'm all alone

I always got a place where I can go

'Cause I 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

Yeah they know exactly who you are (back home)

Where the real you is a superstar (back home)

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

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

And 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

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