"Meanwhile" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and J. Fred Knobloch, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait.

It peaked at number 4 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, while it was a number-one hit on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "lilting ballad".

She goes on to say that "Strait's voice sounds like he's lived every word — the pleasure, the nostalgia, the wistful longing".

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 9, 1999.