"Without You" is a power ballad by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. The song features Mick Mars playing a slide guitar during the intro and the solo, an acoustic guitar arpeggio on the verses and bridge and various licks on an electric guitar throughout the song. The song is said to be about Tommy Lee's relationship with Heather Locklear in the liner notes of the Dr. Feelgood album.
[edit] Music video
A music video was made for the song, which was described by Nikki Sixx as having a very "surreal" touch to it. The video includes various abstract images, a live leopard, a violin ensemble playing during the slide solo and the band playing in an Ancient Egypt-fashioned scenario. Traces of Persian cultural tradition are present in the last few seconds of the studio release.
[edit] Chart position
Released as the album's third single in 1990, "Without You" reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States, #11 on the Mainstream Rock Chart[1] and #39 on the UK singles chart.
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- Mötley Crüe: Uncensored
- Mötley Crüe: Dr. Feelgood, the Videos
- Mötley Crüe: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
- Behind the Music: Mötley Crüe
- Lewd, Crüed & Tattooed
- Mötley Crüe: Greatest Video Hits
- Classic Mötley Crüe: Universal Masters DVD Collection
- Carnival of Sins Live
- Crüe Fest
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