How Do I Live

Infobox Single
Name = How Do I Live?


Artist = LeAnn Rimes
from Album =
Released = May 27, 1997
Format = CD, Cassette tape
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Country, Pop
Length = 4:27
Label = Curb
Writer = Diane Warren
Producer = Diane Warren
Certification = 3× Multi-platinum (US)
Last single = "The Light in Your Eyes"
(1996)
This single = "How Do I Live"
(1997)
Next single = "You Light Up My Life"
(1997)Infobox Single
Name = How Do I Live


Artist = Trisha Yearwood
from Album = (Songbook) A Collection of Hits
B-side = "How Do I Live (video version)"
Released = May 27, 1997
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Country
Length = 4:03
Label = MCA
Writer = Diane Warren
Producer = Garth Fundis
Last single = "I Need You"
(1997)
This single = "How Do I Live"
(1997)
Next single = "In Another's Eyes"
(1997)"How Do I Live" is a 1997 song, written by Diane Warren, that was released originally by LeAnn Rimes, and shortly afterward by Trisha Yearwood. According to Billboard Magazine, "How Do I Live" is the most successful female single in USA history.

The song was originally intended for release as a single for the 1997 action blockbuster "Con Air" soundtrack. Warren wrote the song for Rimes to sing. The producers felt that Rimes's version had too much of a pop feeling to it, and requested that she re-record it to fit their standards. She refused, and the producers chose Trisha Yearwood to record the song. Her more country-style version was released on May 27 1997. When Rimes heard of the release, she quickly released her version.

Yearwood's version won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, while Rimes's version (according to an episode of VH-1's Pop-Up Video) outsold Yearwood's by thirty million copies. It also set a record for staying on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for sixty-nine weeks.

Despite only peaking as high as number seven in the UK Singles Chart [ [http://www.everyhit.com/ EveryHit.com] ] , LeAnn Rimes' version of "How Do I Live" spent thirty-four weeks in the chart.

"How Do I Live" was 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.

Yearwood's version appeared in the 1997 movie "Con Air".

The song has also been performed on the hit show "American Idol", Vonzell Solomon in Season 4, Paris Bennett in Season 5, and Meosha Denton in Season 2. It was also part of "American Idol Season 2" compilation, sung by Carmen Rasmusen.

Rime's version ranks at #4 on "Billboard's All Time Top 100." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-10.shtml] It is the highest ranking on the list for a song that did not hit #1 and the only one in the top 10. This is due to 69 weeks on the chart.

LeAnn Rimes Versions

#How Do I Live (RH Factor Radio Edit) (3:45)
#How Do I Live (RH Factor Club Vocal) (9:11)
#How Do I Live (Mr. Mig Club Mix) (7:17)
#How Do I Live (Original Extended Version) (4:53)
#How Do I Live (Mr. Mig Remix) (Dance Radio Edit) (3:54)
#How Do I Live (Mr. Mig Remix) (Club Radio Mix) (4:15)
#How Do I Live (Film Mix) (4:25)

*2006 Mixes
#How Do I Live (Almighty Anthem Radio Edit) (4:36)
#How Do I Live (Almighty Anthem Mix) (8:16)
#How Do I Live (Almighty Anthem Dub) (5:50)
#How Do I Live (Almighty Definitive Mix) (6:45)

Charts

Both the Rimes and the Yearwood versions debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending June 21, 1997. LeAnn Rimes' version peaked at number two and spent a record-breaking sixty-nine weeks on the chart, more than any other song in history, and spent 34 weeks on the UK singles chart. Trisha Yearwood's version was moving quickly up the charts, getting as high as number twenty-three, 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 quickly, and the single was off the Hot 100 after twelve weeks. Yearwood's single on the country charts quickly climbed all the way to number 2.

In Australia, Rimes' version peaked on the ARIA Charts at number 17 while Yearwood's peaked at number 2.Debra Micheals did How do i live in 98 a pop version.

Awards

In 1998, the Grammy Awards for the first time in history nominated the two artists for the same song in the same category. LeAnn Rimes performed the song at the award shows, and Trisha Yearwood won the Grammy for the song. Yearwood also performed the song at the CMAs and Oscars and won the female vocalist award for CMA, and ACM that year as well.

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