I Don't Want to Live Without You

"I Don't Want to Live Without You" is a song by the pop rock band Foreigner. It appeared on their 1987 album Inside Information.

For the song by Gregg Tripp, see I Don't Want to Live Without You (Gregg Tripp song).
"I Don't Want to Live Without You"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Inside Information
B-side"Face To Face"
ReleasedMarch 1988
Recorded1987
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length3:57 (single)
4:52 (album)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Mick Jones
Producer(s)
Foreigner singles chronology
"Say You Will"
(1987)		 "I Don't Want to Live Without You"
(1988)		 "Heart Turns to Stone"
(1988)
Music video
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" on YouTube

Released as the follow-up single to the song "Say You Will", "I Don't Want to Live Without You" peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1988.[2][3] It was the band's sixteenth (and, to date, final) entry on the Billboard pop Top 40. On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, the song became Foreigner's only #1 hit, spending one week atop the tally the week of May 14, 1988.[4][5] The band had previously reached the Top 5 on the AC chart twice, with the songs "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (#5 in 1981) and "I Want to Know What Love Is" (#3 in 1985).[4]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1987–88)[6] Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[7] 91
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 5
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks[8] 18

Year-end charts
Chart (1988) Position
United States (Billboard)[9][10] 86

See also

References
  1. Sawdey, Evan (26 November 2014). "Foreigner: The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  4. "Foreigner Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  6. Lescharts.com - Say You Will (Retrieved on November 3, 2008)
  7. "Foreigner singles". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  8. "Foreigner Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  9. "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
  10. "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.


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