Live Like You Were Dying

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This article is about the 2004 album from Tim McGraw. For the album's title track, see Live Like You Were Dying (song).
Live Like You Were Dying
Live Like You Were Dying cover
Studio album by Tim McGraw
Released August 24, 2004
Genre Country
Label Curb
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore
Darran Smith
Professional reviews

[1]
Tim McGraw chronology
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
(2002)		 Live Like You Were Dying
(2004)		 Tim McGraw Reflected: Hits Vol. 2
(2006)


Live Like You Were Dying is the 9th studio album by country music superstar Tim McGraw. McGraw's 9th CD, Live Like You Were Dying debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 766,000 copies in its first week. The album has gone on to sell 3,751,602 copies and has been certified 4X Platinum by the RIAA. The album was nominated for 2 Grammys in 2005 for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male and Best Country Album.

The album included number one hits "Live Like You Were Dying", "Back When", "Drugs or Jesus", "Do You Want Fries With That", and "My Old Friend". One of the most noted songs is "Live Like You Were Dying" itself, the story of a man with a deadly disease who finds he has little time to live (the music video for the song prominently featured McGraw's father, former baseball player Tug McGraw, who had recently died of brain cancer) "Live Like Your Were Dying" was the #1 country music song of 2004.

The first track on the album, "How Bad Do You Want It", was featured as the theme song to CMT's Trick My Truck.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "How Bad Do You Want It"
  2. "My Old Friend"
  3. "Can't Tell Me Nothin'"
  4. "Old Town New"
  5. "Live Like You Were Dying"
  6. "Drugs Or Jesus"
  7. "Back When"
  8. "Something's Broken"
  9. "Open Season On My Heart"
  10. "Everybody Hates Me"
  11. "Walk Like A Man"
  12. "Blank Sheet Of Paper"
  13. "Just Be Your Tear"
  14. "Do You Want Fries With That"
  15. "Kill Myself"
  16. "We Carry On"

[edit] Singles

  • Live Like You Were Dying was the first single from the album. The song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart and number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won a Grammy Award for best Best Country Vocal Performance - Male.
Preceded by
Now 16 by Various Artists		 Billboard 200 Number 1 Album
September 11, 2004 - September 24, 2004		 Succeeded by
What I Do by Alan Jackson
Tim McGraw
Discography
Albums: Tim McGraw (1993) • Not a Moment Too Soon (1994) • All I Want (1995) • Everywhere (1997) • A Place In The Sun (1999) • Greatest Hits (2000) • Set This Circus Down (2001) • Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors (2002) • Live Like You Were Dying (2004) • Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (2006) • Let It Go (2007)
Number-one singles: "Don't Take the Girl" (1994) • "Not a Moment Too Soon" (1995) • "I Like It, I Love It" (1995) • "She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart" (1996) • "It's Your Love" (1997) • "Everywhere" (1997) • "Just To See You Smile" (1997) • "Where the Green Grass Grows" (1998) • "Please Remember Me" (1999) • "Something Like That" (1999) • "My Best Friend" (1999) • "My Next Thirty Years" (2000) • "Grown Men Don't Cry" (2001) • "Angry All the Time" (2001) • "Bring On the Rain" (w/ Jo Dee Messina) (2001) • "The Cowboy In Me" (2001) • "Unbroken" (2002) • "Real Good Man" (2003) • "Watch the Wind Blow By" (2004) • "Live Like You Were Dying" (2004) • "Back When" (2004) • "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" (2007)
Related articles
Faith Hill • Tug McGraw • Delhi, Louisiana • Curb Records • Byron Gallimore • Flicka • Tim McGraw (song)


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