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"Live Like We're Dying" is a song recorded by American recording artist Kris Allen. The song is the first single from his self-titled major label debut album, and was released on September 21, 2009. The song was originally recorded by Irish band The Script and was written by Mark Sheehan and Danny O'Donoghue of the band, as well as Phonogenic Records producers/songwriters Andrew Frampton and Steve Kipner.[2]
Kris Allen's version of the song was released via New York's Z100 on September 21, 2009.[3] It became available on iTunes on September 25, 2009.[4]
Background
Original version
"Live Like We're Dying" was originally recorded by Irish band The Script as a bonus track for the Japanese release of their self-titled debut album and a B-side track for their debut single We Cry in Great Britain, Australia, Switzerland, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, and Sweden.[5][6][7]
Critical reception
The single received mostly positive reviews. Bill Lamb of About.com praised the song for being an excellent first single, calling it "possibly the best first post-American Idol single yet by an American Idol champion" and stating that it "could appeal to a massive audience". He also applauded the song's "outstanding, inspirational lyrics" and Allen's "muscular and engaged vocal performance".[8] Entertainment Weekly's Michael Slezak called the song "a future smash hit" and described it as "downright verbose — packing in some sweet, new-age-y sentiments about existing in the moment, living without regret, and saying “I love you” early and often to the people in our lives". He stated that rather than being cliche the song's lyrics are "winningly inspirational thanks to the conviction in Kris’ vocals".[9] Yahoo! News' Billboard singles review described it as "impressive" and felt that Allen's version of the song "improves on the unreleased version with a nuanced vocal and a nimble, rhythmic delivery". They also stated that Allen still seems "emboldened by the risks he took on 'Idol'" and that his fans "should be feeling the same after hearing the first track from his November 17 debut."[10] Misha Berson of the Seattle Times described the song as "surprising, and maybe a little jarring at first, if you expected a ballad or a mellow groove with a spare arrangement, like some of Allen's best performances on "American Idol" that paved the way to his Season 8 win". In spite of Berson's initial surprise at the song's sound, she went on to praise the single as "very catchy, a bit inspirational...energetic and danceable, with a really grooving syncopated chorus", and further commended the song as "a marked improvement over what some Idol winners have put out as their first post-show single".[11]
Live performances
Kris Allen performed the song on the So You Think You Can Dance live results show December 9, 2009.[12] Allen also performed the song on The Late Show with David Letterman on December 16, 2009.
Music video
The music video was directed by Marco Puig and filmed in a desert near Los Angeles, California.[13] The video premiered on AOL's PopEater on November 6, 2009.[14] It became available for purchase on iTunes on November 11, 2009.[15]
The video begins with Allen pulling up to a junkyard in a white pickup truck at night, with a watch hanging from his key chain. Then, Allen takes a power cord out of the back of the truck and carries it through the junkyard until he plugs it in and flips a switch to turn on a large countdown clock. As the clock reaches zero, Allen leaves and begins walking away from the camera as the sun rises. Throughout the video, Allen is shown playing both an acoustic guitar and a piano, as well as singing without any instruments.
Chart performance
"Live Like We're Dying" sold nearly 24,000 copies in its first full week of availability and has sold around 685,387 copies total.[16] As of November 18, the single landed on the Billboard Pop Songs chart.[17] It also has debuted at number 33 on the New Zealand singles chart, becoming his first charting single in that country. It has since peaked at number 18 there. Also, "Live Like We're Dying" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #89. It fell off the following week, but on the week ending November 21, 2009, it re-entered at #92. It has since peaked at #25 on the week ending January 30, 2010.
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 13[18] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs | 21 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs | 10[19] |
| U.S. Billboard Christian Songs | 21 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | - |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 18 |
Sales
United States: 748,716[20]
References
- ^ Slezak, Michael. "Kris Allen's self-titled album cover revealed! (And the five things we learned from it.)". Entertainment Weekly.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Live Like We're Dying on ASCAP". ASCAP.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying - Z100 Debut". mjsbigblog.com.
- ^ ""Live Like We're Dying" Out Now". krisallenofficial.com.
- ^ Slezak, Michael. "Kris Allen's rumored single, 'Live Like We're Dying' Leaks". Entertainment Weekly.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "TheScriptMusic.com Great Britain". thescriptmusic.com.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "TheScriptMusic.com Australia". thescriptmusic.com.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Lamb, Bill. "Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying". About.com.
- ^ Slezak, Michael. "Kris Allen's new song 'Live Like We're Dying': What do you think?". Entertainment Weekly.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Billboard singles reviews: Alicia Keys, Kris Allen". Yahoo! News.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Berson, Misha. "'American Idol' winner Kris Allen's first single is catchy". Seattle Times.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://fox.com/blogs/dance/2009/12/03/fanalists-noelle-nathan-eliminate/%7Ctitle=Finalists Noelle Marsh and Nathan Trasoras Eliminated
- ^ "Kris Allen Video Shoot Happening Saturday, Album Songs Will Be Selected Monday". mjsbigblog.com.
- ^ "Kris Allen 'Live Like We're Dying' Video Premiere". PopEater.
- ^ "Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying - Video Available on iTunes". mjsbigblog.com.
- ^ Mansfield, Brian. "AMAs, album release boost Adam Lambert's digital track sales".
- ^ Mansfield, Brian. ""Kris Allen makes 'Idol' airplay top 10; Carrie Underwood tops country chart"".
- ^ "THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40:".
- ^ "Billboard - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Idol Sales News – Week Ending 01/24/10".