How Do I Live

"How Do I Live" is a song written by Diane Warren. It was performed by LeAnn Rimes and the extended version of the song was later featured on her second studio album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs in 1997. It was also performed by Trisha Yearwood, and Yearwood's version was featured in the film Con Air.

"How Do I Live"
Single by LeAnn Rimes
A-side"Commitment"
B-side
Released
  • May 27, 1997 (1997-05-27) (US)
  • February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23) (UK)
Recorded1997[1]
Studio
  • Glenn Meadows/Masterfonics
  • (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Starstruck Studios
  • (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Barking Dog Studios
  • (Mt. Kisco, New York)
  • KD Studios
  • (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Curb Studios
  • (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenrePop
Length4:25
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"The Light in Your Eyes"
(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"How Do I Live (video version)"
ReleasedMay 27, 1997 (1997-05-27)
Recorded1997
GenreCountry
Length4:28
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Tony Brown
Trisha Yearwood[2]
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology
"I Need You"
(1997)		 "How Do I Live"
(1997)		 "In Another's Eyes"
(1997)

In the US, Rimes's version peaked at No. 2 for five non-consecutive weeks in late 1997 and early 1998, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John, and "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden. It set a record for staying on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 69 weeks, a record it held until "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz set a new record of 76 weeks. The Rimes recording also set the record for the most time in the Billboard Hot 100's top 5 at 25 consecutive weeks and held the record for 19 years (until it was broken in early 2017 by The Chainsmokers' song "Closer"), the record for Billboard Hot 100's top 10 at 32 consecutive weeks (a record surpassed by "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran in 2017). It ranks at No. 5 on Billboard's All Time Top 100, the only single on the top 10 of this list not peaking at No. 1. The only songs that finished ahead of it were Bobby Darin's cover of "Mack the Knife", Santana's song "Smooth", and Chubby Checker's version of "The Twist".[3] It has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 3 million copies in the United States,[4] the highest certified country single of that time, to be surpassed 12 years later by "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, which has been certified 8× Platinum.[5]

Despite only peaking as high as No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart,[6] Rimes' version of "How Do I Live" spent 34 weeks on the chart, ending up as the 6th best selling single of 1998. As of August 2014, the song has sold 710,000 copies in the UK.[7]

"How Do I Live" was also covered by F.I.R. (Faye and Real featuring LeAnn Rimes). F.I.R. invited Rimes to record a portion of the song for their third album Flight Tribe in 2006.[8] At the end of the decade Billboard would rank "How Do I Live" as the 12th-most-successful song of the 1990s.[9] In 2014, to commemorate the magazine's 120th anniversary, Billboard reformulated the top Hot 100 songs for each decade, and "How Do I Live" finished as the number-one song of the 1990s, despite never reaching the position on the weekly tally. In a retrospective compilation in conjunction with SiriusXM from 2019, Billboard ranked "How Do I Live" second on their list of top performing songs of the decade.[10]

Background

Diane Warren wrote "How Do I Live" for consideration for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack. She ran into LeAnn Rimes at a restaurant shortly following her win as Best New Artist during the 1997 Grammy Awards. Warren told Rimes that she wrote the song specifically with Rimes in mind, promising it to her. After she recorded the song the next day, Walt Disney Pictures, the company behind the Touchstone Pictures label, decided that Rimes' recording had too much of a "pop" sound, and that Rimes, then 14 at the time of the recording, was too young to sing about the subject matter of the song. The company then turned to Trisha Yearwood for the re-recording, to which the latter agreed. According to Yearwood, she was unaware of Rimes' recording prior to being approached by Touchstone Pictures to record the song.[11]

Yearwood's version, which utilized a more throaty, country-western vibe,[12] was released on May 27, 1997[13] to country radio and appeared in the film. When Rimes' record label, Curb Records, heard of the release, they were reluctant to release Rimes' version until Warren personally called label founder Mike Curb and urged him to release Rimes' recording as a single; her version was then quickly released to mainstream pop radio on the same day as Yearwood's rendition.[14][15] Neither Rimes' nor Yearwood's version of the song was included on the soundtrack album for the film (which consists of the score by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina).[16]

Rimes' version was released on a CD and cassette tape single, with the original rendition of the song plus an extended version, the latter of which was later re-issued on Rimes' You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, while the former was issued on her Greatest Hits in 2003 in the US, The Best of LeAnn Rimes in 2004 internationally and again in the US on her All-Time Greatest Hits album in 2015. The CD single was later re-issued with the original version of the song as the A-side track with the B-side being replaced by the Mr. Mig's Dance Radio Edit, which would later be featured on the remix edition of The Best of LeAnn Rimes in 2004, while in 2014 her Dance Like You Don't Give A...Greatest Hits Remixes featured a new remix by Cahill.

Critical reception

Rimes' version

Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as a "straight-ahead pop ballad" and noted that Rimes "has a field day with this beautiful, richly soulful Diane Warren composition, giving it a youthful exuberance and wide-eyed innocence that will melt even the coldest heart." He also added that Rimes "is so vigorously courting the pop world with this single" and that she "has offered a tune that makes the most of her formidable pipes and leaves listeners salivating for more."[17] Alanna Nash from Entertainment Weekly called it a "lush version".[18] In 2019, Stacker placed Rimes' version of the song at number-one in their list of "Best 90s pop songs", noting it as a "classic break-up tune".[19]

Yearwood's version

Larry Flick from Billboard stated that Yearwood "is a vocalist with the depth and intensity to convey the love and longing in the lyric." He added that the production by the singer with Tony Brown "is lush and textured, but it is her vocal that is this single's centerpiece. It's full of passion and subtle nuances."[20] Alanna Nash from Entertainment Weekly described Yearwood's version as a "countrier rendition". She noted, "When Yearwood sings, ”If you ever leave/Baby, you would take away everything good in my life,” her voice throbs with adult emotion."[18]

Track releases

Rimes' version
US single[21][22]
  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:25
  2. "How Do I Live" (original extended version) – 4:53

US single re-release[15]

  1. "How Do I Live" (film mix) – 4:25
  2. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54

US/UK maxi-single/US/UK digital download/vinyl[23][24][25][26][27]

  1. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54
  2. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Radio Edit) – 4:15
  3. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Radio Edit) – 3:45
  4. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Mix) – 7:38
  5. "How Do I Live" (original extended version) – 4:53

US promo Maxi-single[28]

  1. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54
  2. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Radio Edit) – 4:15
  3. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Radio Edit) – 3:45
  4. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Club Vocal) – 9:11
  5. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Mix) – 7:38

UK single[29]

  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:25
  2. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Radio Edit) – 3:45

Yearwood's version

US/Japan CD-Single/US cassette tape[34][35][36]

  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:28
  2. "How Do I Live" (video version) – 4:07

European CD single[37][38]

  1. "How Do I Live" (video version) – 4:07
  2. "How Do I Live" – 4:28
  3. "She's in Love with the Boy" – 4:05

Other versions
  1. "How Do I Live" (Cahill Remix) – 6:30
  2. "How Do I Live" (Cahill Radio Edit) – 3:34

Chart performance

Both the Rimes and the Yearwood versions debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending June 14, 1997. Rimes' version was noted for its extreme longevity, spending a record-breaking 69 weeks on the chart, with 62 of those weeks being in the top 40, 32 weeks on the top ten and 25 in the top five, all records at the time. Such was the run in the top five for Rimes that, despite not peaking at number one, spending at its highest point five non-consecutive weeks at number two, that it competed directly with two songs by R&B singer Usher, "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Nice & Slow", that were released seven months apart from each other. This unprecedented success ultimately led to the 'Rimes' version becoming the highest selling country single at the time. Additionally Rimes' version performed well on other component charts, most notably spending spending 11 weeks atop the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

Despite this success it was Trisha Yearwood's version that succeeded the most on country radio. Although Yearwood's version was moving quickly up the pop charts, getting as high as number 23, MCA refused to issue any more copies of the single for fear of cannibalizing album sales. As a result, the limited press run of 300,000 sold out quickly, and the single was off the Hot 100 after 12 weeks. However on country radio it became a much bigger success, climbing all the way to number 2 for one week (held out of the top spot by Kenny Chesney's hit 'She's Got It All,') far outpacing the peak of 43 set by the recording Rimes released.

As a result, Yearwood's version was among the top twenty biggest country single of 1997, while Rimes' version ninth and fifth best charting singles on the pop charts for the years 1997 and 1998, respectively. Rimes' version was later ranked at number 4 on Billboard's All Time Top 100 in 2008. It was later ranked by Billboard also ranked the song as the 12th-most-successful single of the 1990s at the end of the decade in 1999 and fifteen years later, after retabulations, was re-ranked as the second best charting single released during the decade,[10] and the best charting single of the 1990s proper.[39]

Internationally the singles also had varied success, with Rimes typically outperforming Yearwood. In the UK Rimes peaked at number 7, spending 30 weeks on the UK Top 40 singles chart and ranking as the sixth best charting single on the UK year-end chart for 1998,[7] while Yearwood land at 66. Rimes additionally charted in the top forty across Europe, peaking in the top 40 in many countries and landing in the top 40 in The Netherlands, Scotland, and Norway. Conversely in both Ireland and Australia as well as the Canadian country charts Yearwood's version managed to outpace Rimes' peak at numbers 2, 3, and 1 to Rimes' 14, 17, and 60, respectively. As a result, Yearwood's version was ranked in the top twenty and thirty for the 1998 Australian and Canadian country year-end charts, respectively.

Charts and certifications

Rimes version charts and sales

Yearwood version charts and sales

Accolades

In 1998, for the first time in history, the Grammy Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following Rimes' performance of the song, Yearwood won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.[77] Yearwood also performed the song at the Country Music Association for which she won the 1997 award for Female Vocalist of the Year.[78] Yearwood also won the 1997 Academy of Country Music Award for Top Female Vocalist.[79]

The song was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from the film Titanic.[80] Yearwood performed the song at the award ceremony.

Credits and personnel

Diane Warren – songwriter

Rimes version

Credits for LeAnn's version are adapted from the liner notes of the UK version of Sittin' on Top of the World.[81]

The song was used in the 1997 movie Con Air.

The song appears at the very end of King of the Hill’s Season 3, Episode 18.

Australian born Irish singer Johnny Logan covered the song on his 2001 album, Reach for Me.

The song is semi-frequently used in the webcomic Homestuck (albeit in the form of a cover) due to the character John Egbert's fascination with the movie Con Air and, in particular, the scene near the end of the movie during which the song is played.

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