Peak
2
Weeks
69
Score
14,375
Chart Year
1997
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position2
Peak DateDec 13, 1997
Weeks at Peak4
Weeks Charted69
Weeks in Top 4061
Weeks in Top 1032
Weeks at #24
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc7,035
Weekly Calc7,340
Total Score14,375
Rankings
Year Ranking#1
Decade Ranking#1
Billboard Year#1
Top 5000#17
Details
- Label
- Curb Records
- Genre
- Stage & Screen
- Media Type
- 45s
- Duration
- 4:25
- Composer(s)
- Diane Warren
- Entered Chart
- Jun 21, 1997
- Peak Date
- Dec 13, 1997
- Released
- May 23, 1997
- Recorded
- 1997
- Catalog #
- Curb 73022
- B-Side
- "You Light Up My Life"
Music Video
Notes
"How Do I Live" is a song written by Diane Warren. It was originally performed by American singer and actress LeAnn Rimes and was the first single from her second studio album, You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997). It also appeared on international editions of her follow-up album Sittin' on Top of the World (1998). A second version was performed by American singer Trisha Yearwood, which was featured in the film Con Air. Both versions were serviced to radio on May 23, 1997. In the United States, Rimes's version peaked at No. 2 for five non-consecutive weeks in late 1997 and early 1998. It set a number of records on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, Billboard listed the song as the No. 1 song of the 1990s, despite never reaching the position on the weekly tally. It ranks at No. 6 on Billboard's All Time Top 100, the only single in the top 10 of this list not to have been a number-one hit. It has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of four million copies in the US. Despite only peaking as high as No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart, Rimes's version of "How Do I Live" spent 34 weeks on the chart, ending up as the sixth-best-selling single of 1998, outsold only by five of the year's number-one singles. As of August 2014, the song has sold 710,000 copies in the UK
How do I get through one night without you If I had to live without you What kinda life would that be Oh I, I need you in my arms, need you to hold You're my world, my heart, my soul If you ever leave Well, baby you would take away everything Good in my life And tell me now How do I live without you? I want to know How do I breathe without you? If you ever go How do I ever, ever survive How do I, how do I, oh how do I live Without you There'd be no sun in my sky There would be no love in my life There'd be no world left for me And I, well baby, I don't know what I would do I'd be lost if I lost you If you ever leave Well, baby you would take away everything Real in my life And tell me now How do I live without you I want to know How do I breathe without you If you ever go How do I ever, ever survive How do I, how do I, oh how do I live Please tell me baby how do I go on If you ever leave Well, baby you would take away everything Need you with me Baby don't you know that you're everything Good in my life And tell me now How do I live without you I want to know How do I breathe without you If you ever go How do I ever, ever survive How do I, how do I, oh how do I live How do I live without you? How do I live without you, baby? How do I live
Chart History (69 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 21, 1997 | 89 | 37 |
| 2 | Jun 28, 1997 | 49 | 77 |
| 3 | Jul 5, 1997 | 28 | 98 |
| 4 | Jul 12, 1997 | 27 | 99 |
| 5 | Jul 19, 1997 | 22 | 104 |
| 6 | Jul 26, 1997 | 18 | 108 |
| 7 | Aug 2, 1997 | 12 | 114 |
| 8 | Aug 9, 1997 | 9 | 117 |
| 9 | Aug 16, 1997 | 10 | 116 |
| 10 | Aug 23, 1997 | 6 | 120 |
| 11 | Aug 30, 1997 | 6 | 120 |
| 12 | Sep 6, 1997 | 5 | 121 |
| 13 | Sep 13, 1997 | 4 | 122 |
| 14 | Sep 20, 1997 | 5 | 121 |
| 15 | Sep 27, 1997 | 4 | 122 |
| 16 | Oct 4, 1997 | 4 | 122 |
| 17 | Oct 11, 1997 | 3 | 123 |
| 18 | Oct 18, 1997 | 4 | 122 |
| 19 | Oct 25, 1997 | 3 | 123 |
| 20 | Nov 1, 1997 | 3 | 123 |
Weeks 1–20 of 69
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