I Don't Want to Live Without You explained

I Don't Want to Live Without You
Cover:I Don’t Want To Live Without You Cover (1988).jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Foreigner
Album:Inside Information
B-Side:Face To Face
Released:March 25, 1988 (US)[1]
May 16, 1988 (UK)[2]
Recorded:1987
Genre:Soft rock[3]
Length:3:57 (single)
4:52 (album)
Label:Atlantic
Prev Title:Say You Will
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Heart Turns to Stone
Next Year:1988

"I Don't Want to Live Without You" is a song written by Mick Jones that was first released by the pop rock band Foreigner on their 1987 album Inside Information. Jones has rated it as one of his favorite Foreigner songs.[4]

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.[5] It remains the band's ninth and final top 10 hit, as well as their 16th and final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 to this day. 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.[6] 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).

Cash Box said that "Mick Jones has fashioned a lush and emotional track for Lou Gramm's well-measured singing" and that "if you loved 'I Want to Know What Love Is' from Agent Provocateur you'll flip for this one."[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1988)[8] Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[9] 91
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 5
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 1
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks[13] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
U.S. (Cash Box)[14] 40
United States (Billboard)[15] [16] 86

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Great Rock Discography. 302.
  2. Web site: Music Week. 36.
  3. Web site: Evan . Sawdey . Foreigner: The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991 . 26 November 2014 . . 26 January 2017 .
  4. Web site: Mick Jones' 11 Favourite Foreigner Songs. Louder Sound. Classic Rock. April 26, 2017. 2022-06-17.
  5. [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
  6. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  7. Single Releases. Cash Box. March 19, 1988. 2022-12-21. 12.
  8. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Foreigner&titel=Say+You+Will&cat=s Lescharts.com - Say You Will
  9. Web site: Foreigner singles. The Official Chart Company. 2020-06-08.
  10. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles 6-4-1988. Cash Box. 2022-10-16.
  11. Web site: Foreigner Hot 100. Billboard. 2020-06-08.
  12. Web site: Foreigner Adult Contemporary. Billboard. 2020-06-08.
  13. Web site: Foreigner Mainstream Rock Songs. Billboard. 2020-06-08.
  14. Web site: The Cash Box Year End Charts: 1988. Billboard. 2022-10-16.
  15. December 24, 1988 . 1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles . Y-20 . Billboard . 100 . 52 .
  16. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1988. October 3, 2016.