How Do I Live

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"How Do I Live"
Single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
A-side Commitment
B-side Extended Mix
Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit (re-issue)
RH Factor Radio Edit (UK)
You Light Up My Life
Released May 27, 1997 (1997-05-27)
Format CD single, cassette tape, Maxi single, vinyl
Recorded 1997[1]
Glenn Meadows/Masterfonics
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Starstruck Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Barking Dog Studios
(Mt. Kisco, New York)
KD Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Curb Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Pop
Length 4:25
Label Curb
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Chuck Howard
Wilbur C. Rimes
Mike Curb
Certification 3× Multi-platinum (U.S.)
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"The Light in Your Eyes"
(1996)		 "How Do I Live"
(1997)		 "You Light Up My Life"
(1997)
"How Do I Live"
File:YearwoodHowDoILive.jpg
Single by Trisha Yearwood
from the album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits
B-side "How Do I Live (video version)"
Released May 27, 1997 (1997-05-27)
Format CD single, cassette tape
Recorded 1997
Genre Country
Length 4:28
Label MCA
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Garth Fundis
Certification 2x platinum (ARIA)
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology
"I Need You"
(1997)		 "How Do I Live"
(1997)		 "In Another's Eyes"
(1997)

"How Do I Live" is a song written by Diane Warren. It was originally performed by LeAnn Rimes from her album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs in 1997 and later performed by Trisha Yearwood. Both versions were released on May 27, 1997.[2][3]

In the U.S., Rimes's version peaked at No. 2 for four non-consecutive weeks in late 1997 and early 1998, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John, and "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden. It set a record for staying on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 69 weeks, a record it held until "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz set a new record of 76 weeks. The Rimes recording also set the record for the most time in the Billboard Hot 100's top 10 at 32 consecutive weeks, and the record for Billboard Hot 100's top 40 at 62 consecutive weeks; both records still hold. It ranks at No. 4 on Billboard's All Time Top 100, the only single on the top 10 of this list not peaking at No. 1. The only songs that finished ahead of it were Bobby Darin's cover of "Mack the Knife", Santana's song "Smooth", and Chubby Checker's version of "The Twist".[4] It has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 3 million copies in the United States,[5] the highest certified country single of that time, to be surpassed twelve years later by "Love Story" from artist Taylor Swift, which has been certified 8× Platinum.[6]

Despite only peaking as high as No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart,[7] Rimes' version of "How Do I Live" spent 34 weeks on the chart, ending up as the 6th best selling single of 1998. As of August 2014, the song has sold 710,000 copies in the UK.[8]

"How Do I Live" was also covered by F.I.R. (Faye and Real featuring LeAnn Rimes). F.I.R. invited Rimes to record a portion of the song for their third album Flight Tribe in 2006.[9]

Background

The song was originally intended for release as a single for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack.

According to LeAnn Rimes, Warren wrote the song for her to sing and promised it to Rimes "no matter what". Walt Disney Pictures (a.k.a. Walt Disney Studios/The Walt Disney Company), the parent company of Touchstone Pictures, initially chose Rimes' version but later found out it had too much pop feeling over it; and, because she was 14, it was believed that she was too young. Trisha Yearwood was chosen to re-record the song.[10] Yearwood's version was released on May 27, 1997[3] to country radio and appeared in the film. According to Yearwood, she had no idea of Rimes' recording prior to being approached by Touchstone Pictures to do the song.[11]

When Wilbur Rimes (Leann's father and then manager) heard of the release, her version was quickly released to mainstream pop radio.[2] Neither Rimes' nor Yearwood's version of the song was included on the soundtrack for the film. The entire soundtrack is devoted to the score by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina.[12]

Track releases

Rimes' version

Yearwood's version

US/Japan CD-Single/US cassette tape[26][27][28]
  1. How Do I Live 4:28
  2. How Do I Live [Video Version] 4:07
European CD single[29][30]
  1. How Do I Live [Video Version] 4:07
  2. How Do I Live 4:28
  3. She's in Love with the Boy 4:05

Other versions

  1. How Do I Live (Cahill Remix) 6:30
  2. How Do I Live (Cahill Radio Edit) 3:34

Charts

Both the Rimes and the Yearwood versions debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending June 14, 1997. LeAnn Rimes' version peaked at number two and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the chart, more than any other song in history until Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" in 2009. It also spent 32 weeks in the U.S. Top 10, 62 weeks in the U.S. Top 40 and 34 weeks on the UK singles chart.[8] Trisha Yearwood's version was moving quickly up the charts, getting as high as number 23, when MCA refused to issue any more copies of the single, for fear of cannibalizing album sales. The limited press run of 300,000 sold out, and the single was off the Hot 100 after 12 weeks. Yearwood's single on the country charts quickly climbed all the way to number 2. Rimes single, was the top selling country single of all time.

Rimes' version ranked at number 4 on Billboard's All Time Top 100 in 2008. When the All Time chart was retabulated for the chart's 55th anniversary in 2013, it remained in the same position, being the most successful single by a female artist in the list.

Rimes' version spent 11 weeks atop the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] In Australia, Rimes' version peaked on the ARIA Charts at number 17 while Yearwood's peaked at number 2.[citation needed]

Rimes version charts and sales

Preceded by Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single (LeAnn Rimes version)
September 6 - November 14, 1997		 Succeeded by
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John

Yearwood version charts & sales

Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single (Trisha Yearwood version)
September 1–8, 1997		 Succeeded by
"She's Got It All"
by Kenny Chesney

Accolades

In 1998, for the first time in history, the Grammy Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following Rimes' performance of the song, Yearwood won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.[62] Yearwood also performed the song at the Country Music Association for which she won the 1997 award for Female Vocalist of the Year[63] Yearwood also won the 1997 Academy of Country Music Award for Top Female Vocalist.[64]

The song was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from the film Titanic.[65] Yearwood performed the song at the award ceremony.

Credits and personnel

Diane Warren – songwriter

Rimes version

Credits for LeAnn's version are adapted from the liner notes of the UK version of Sittin' on Top of the World.[66]

References

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