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
Released	1997
Format	CD, Cassette tape
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country, Pop
Length	4:27
Label	Curb
Writer(s)	Diane Warren
Producer(s)	Diane Warren
Certification	3x platinum (RIAA)
Chart positions
#2 (United States) #7 (United Kingdom) #17 (Australia)
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"Unchained Melody" (1996)	"How Do I Live" (1997)	"You Light up My Life" (1997)

"How Do I Live"

Single by Trisha Yearwood
from the album Songbook: A Collection of Hits
B-side(s)	"How Do I Live (video version)"
Released	May 27, 1997
Format	CD single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	4:03
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Diane Warren
Chart positions
#2 (U.S. Country) #23 (U.S. Pop) #66 (UK)

"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.

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. Both versions became very successful. Yearwood's version won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, while Rimes's version outsold Yearwood's by three 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, LeAnn Rimes' version of "How Do I Live" spent thirty-four weeks on the UK singles chart.

It was nominated for a Razzie for Worst Original Song, but did not win.

"How Do I Live" (天天夜夜) was covered by F.I.R. (Faye and Real featuring LeAnn Rimes). F.I.R invited Rimes to record a portion of "How Do I Live" for their third album Flight Tribe in 2006.

1 Charts
2 Awards
3 Reference
4 External links

[edit] 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 sixty-nine weeks on the chart, more than any other song in history, and spent 34 weeks on the UK singles chart, while Trisha Yearwood peaked only at number twenty-three and was off the Hot 100 after twelve weeks.

[edit] 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.