Life Number 9

The correct title of this article is Life #9. The substitution or omission of the # sign is because of technical restrictions.
"Life #9"
Single by Martina McBride
from the album The Way That I Am
B-side "Ashes"[1]
Released January 3, 1994
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:59
Label RCA Nashville
Writer(s) Kostas, Tony Perez
Producer Paul Worley, Ed Seay, Martina McBride
Martina McBride singles chronology
"My Baby Loves Me"
(1993)		 "Life #9"
(1994)		 "Independence Day"
(1994)
Music video
"Life #9" at CMT.com

"Life #9" is the title of a song written by Kostas and Tony Perez, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from her second studio album, The Way That I Am. The song was her fifth single release overall, and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

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Content

The song finds the female narrator confronting her unfaithful lover. She tells him that he is "livin' on life #9" and about to run out of chances with her.

Music video

A music video was released for the song, directed by Steven Goldmann.

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks[2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 8

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/martina-mcbride/life-9/1609046