I Can't Live Without Music

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Germany I Can't Live Without Music


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year = 2002
country = Germany
artist = Corinna May
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language = English
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composer = Ralph Siegel
lyricist = Bernd Meinunger
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place = 21st
points = 17
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2002de Lyrics]
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prev = Wer Liebe Lebt
prev_link = Wer Liebe Lebt
next = Let's Get Happy
next_link = Let's Get Happy

I Can't Live Without Music was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English (the first occasion on which the German entry had not featured at least some lyrics in German) by Corinna May.
The song was performed eighteenth on the night (following France's Sandrine François with Il Faut Du Temps (Je Me Battrai Pour Ça) and preceding Turkey's Buket Bengisu & Group Sapphire with Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde). In spite of being the pre-contest favourite, the song received only 17 points, placing it at 21st in a field of 24.

Written and composed by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song is an up-tempo number, with the singer expressing the joy she gets from hearing music. As Corinna May is blind, the lyrics are particularly important, as she is physically incapable of experiencing anything visually.
Corinna wore an unusual white top for her appearance, and a black leather jacket. Her female backing singers appeared in an unusual assortment of clothing, including one dressed as a cowgirl, with a peach-coloured hat.

This was in fact her second attempt at entering the Contest, with her entry for the 1999 Contest "Hör den Kindern einfach zu" being disqualified because it had already been released.

It was succeeded as German representative at the 2003 Contest by Lou with Let's Get Happy.