I Don't Want to Live Without You
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" | ||||
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Single by Foreigner | ||||
from the album Inside Information | ||||
B-side | "Face To Face" | |||
Released | March 25, 1988 (US)[1] May 16, 1988 (UK)[2] | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | Soft rock[3] | |||
Length | 3:57 (single) 4:52 (album) | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mick Jones | |||
Producer(s) |
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Foreigner singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" on YouTube | ||||
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" is a song written by Mick Jones that was first released by the pop rock band Foreigner on their 1987 album Inside Information. Jones has rated it as one of his favorite Foreigner songs.[4]
Released as the follow-up single to the song "Say You Will," "I Don't Want to Live Without You" peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1988.[5][6] It remains the band's ninth and final top 10 hit, as well as their 16th and final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 to this day. On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, the song became Foreigner's only #1 hit, spending one week atop the tally the week of May 14, 1988.[7][8] The band had previously reached the Top 5 on the AC chart twice, with the songs "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (#5 in 1981) and "I Want to Know What Love Is" (#3 in 1985).[7]
Cash Box said that "Mick Jones has fashioned a lush and emotional track for Lou Gramm's well-measured singing" and that "if you loved 'I Want to Know What Love Is' from Agent Provocateur you'll flip for this one."[9]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1987–1988)[10] | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart[11] | 91 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[12] | 8 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 5 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks[13] | 18 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1988) | Position |
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U.S. (Cash Box)[14] | 40 |
United States (Billboard)[15][16] | 86 |
See also
References
- ^ "The Great Rock Discography". p. 302.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 36.
- ^ Sawdey, Evan (26 November 2014). "Foreigner: The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Mick Jones' 11 Favourite Foreigner Songs". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. April 26, 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ a b "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ a b c "Foreigner Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. March 19, 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ Lescharts.com - Say You Will (Retrieved on November 3, 2008)
- ^ "Foreigner singles". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles 6-4-1988". Cash Box. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ "Foreigner Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "The Cash Box Year End Charts: 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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