This Is Your Life (song)

This article is about the Switchfoot song. For other songs with the same title, see This Is Your Life (disambiguation).
"This Is Your Life"
Single by Switchfoot
from the album The Beautiful Letdown
Released September 21, 2004
Format CD
Recorded 2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:18
Label Columbia/Sony BMG
Writer(s) Jon Foreman
Producer(s) John Fields
Switchfoot singles chronology
"Dare You to Move"
(2003)		 "This Is Your Life"
(2004)		 "Stars"
(2005)

"This Is Your Life" is a popular song by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and their third single. "This Is Your Life" first appeared on the group's 2003 album The Beautiful Letdown and peaked at #30 on the US Modern Rock charts. The single also hit the U.S. Top 40 peaking at No. 31.[1]

Of the three mainstream radio singles released from The Beautiful Letdown, this song was the least successful on the charts. It is also the only single from the album not to have a music video created for it.

Chart positions Summary

Chart Position
US Modern Rock Tracks #30
US Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks #36
US Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary #9
US Billboard Hot Christian Songs #9

In the media

Live

In concert this song is played longer than the studio version, with a more psychedelic arrangement, in contrast to the electronica-tinged studio version. The concert version prominently features Jon Foreman screaming into the resonating chamber of his guitar, which distortes the screams to an eerie effect. During the Nothing Is Sound Tour "This is Your Life" often segued directly into "Happy Is a Yuppie Word". This combination was also played during a few performances of the Oh! Gravity. Spring Tour, one of which was notably captured on the band's official bootleg for the 21 February 2007 show in Calgary.

References

  1. ↑ "Rock On The Net: Top 40 Archives". April 16, 2005. Retrieved 2007-10-26.

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