Whatever It Takes (Lifehouse song)

Infobox Single
Name = Whatever It Takes


Artist = Lifehouse
from Album = Who We Are
Released = November 2007
Format = Radio airplay
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:27 (Album Version)
Label = Geffen
Producer = Jude Cole
Reviews =
Last single = "First Time"
(2007)
This single = "Whatever It Takes"
(2007)
Next single = "Broken"
(2008)

"Whatever It Takes" is a song recorded and performed by Lifehouse. The song is the second radio single from the band's fourth studio album, "Who We Are". In the song, lead singer, Jason Wade, sings about apologizing for the mistakes he has made in his relationship, as well as saying he will do "whatever it takes" to make it up to her if given the chance.

Track listing

US Radio Promo Single
#"Whatever It Takes" - 3:27 (Wade, Cole)

Music video

A music video for the single was released on November 16, 2007. The video focuses solely on lead singer, Jason Wade, as the rest of the band members do not appear in the video. The video begins by showing Wade sitting alone on a bed, with pictures of him and his girlfriend on the wall. He proceeds to walk around the house, while various things in the room he's in begin to explode around him, such as the bed and pictures in the bedroom, and various food and drink items in the kitchen. Near the end things begin going in reverse, and everything that had exploded is put back together. The video ends with Wade sitting back on the bed, however his girlfriend is now lying next to him. Throughout the video scenes of Wade playing alone in a room filled with lamps are also shown.

The video has been eligible for voting on VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown, and has so far reached #6 on the countdown. It retired from the Countdown on May 10, 2008, where it officially made the 20/20 club.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 the chart week of February 2 2008 at #97, and has so far reached #33, making "Who We Are" the first Lifehouse album to contain two Top 40 singles. The song has also sold 700,000 downloads as of July 2008 [Grein, Paul. [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/10919/week-ending-july-6-2008-kid-rock-and-the-resurrection-of-jesus "Kid Rock And The Resurrection Of 'Jesus'"] . "Yahoo! Music". July 9 2008.] and reached the top five of the Adult Top 40 chart at #3, as well as #31 on the Pop 100.

Charts

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66naZBbdHXw Official music video at YouTube.com]

References