You're the Reason I'm Living

"You're the Reason I'm Living"
Single by Bobby Darin
from the album You're the Reason I'm Living
B-side"Now You're Gone"
ReleasedDecember 31, 1962
Recorded1962
StudioCapitol Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreCountry pop[1]
Length2:29
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Bobby Darin
Producer(s)Nick Venet
Bobby Darin singles chronology
"I Found a New Baby"
(1962) 		"You're the Reason I'm Living"
(1962) 		"18 Yellow Roses"
(1963)

"You're the Reason I'm Living" is a 1963 single written and performed by Bobby Darin,[2] from his album of the same name. Musicians on the recording session included drummer Earl Palmer.[3]

Chart performance

The single was very successful spending 2 weeks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart beginning March 16, 1963. "You're the Reason I'm Living" peaked at #9 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.[4] In Canada the song reached #11.[5]

Cover versions

  • Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song for 1975's "Live in Las Vegas."

References

  1. ^ Burke, Ken (January 1, 1998). "Bobby Darrin". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 121–122.
  2. ^ "Cover versions of You're the Reason I'm Living by Bobby Darin | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  3. ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 145.
  5. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - February 11, 1963".


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