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How Do I Live#Charts

{{Short description|1997 single by LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = How Do I Live

| cover = HowDoILive.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = LeAnn Rimes

| album = You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs

| B-side =

| released = {{start date|1997|5|23}}

| recorded = 1997{{cite web |url=http://www.faqs.org/copyright/the-arms-of-the-one-who-loves-you-the-day-i-stop-loving-you-4/ |title=The arms of the one who loves you; The day I stop loving you; Feels like home ... [et al.] part 4 – song, music – Copyright Info |publisher=Faqs.org |access-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604102853/http://www.faqs.org/copyright/the-arms-of-the-one-who-loves-you-the-day-i-stop-loving-you-4/ |url-status=dead }}

| studio =

  • Glenn Meadows/Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Barking Dog (Mt. Kisco, New York)
  • KD (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Curb (Nashville, Tennessee)

| genre = Pop

| length = 4:25

| label = Curb

| writer = Diane Warren

| producer =

| prev_title = The Light in Your Eyes

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = You Light Up My Life

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|MUFasKZcH_c|"How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes}}}}

}}

{{Infobox song

| name = How Do I Live

| cover = YearwoodHowDoILive.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Trisha Yearwood

| album = (Songbook) A Collection of Hits

| B-side = She's in Love with the Boy

| released = {{start date|1997|5|23}}

| recorded = 1997

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 4:28

| label = MCA Nashville

| writer = Diane Warren

| producer =

  • Tony Brown
  • Trisha Yearwood{{Cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-mw0000478859 | title=Greatest Hits - Trisha Yearwood | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}

| prev_title = I Need You

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = In Another's Eyes

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|4Qj8VHm2LlM|"How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood}}}}

}}

"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).References for "How Do I Live" being a single from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs:

  • {{cite book |last1=Carlin |first1=Richard |title=American Popular Music: Country |date=2005 |publisher=Facts On File, Incorporated |isbn=9780816069774}}
  • {{cite AV media

| title = How Do I Live (Dance Mix)

| type = CD Single

| date = 1998

| publisher = The Hit Label, Curb Records

| id = CUBCX 30

| quote = Track 5 taken from the album You Light Up My Life

}}

  • {{cite AV media

| title = How Do I Live

| type = Cassette single

| date = 1997

| publisher = Curb Records

| id = D4-73041

| quote = The original track recorded by LeAnn Rimes for her album You Light Up My Life

}}

  • {{cite AV media

| title = How Do I Live

| type = CD single

| date = 1998

| publisher = The Hit Label, Curb Records

| id = CUBC 30

| quote = Tracks 1 & 2 taken from the album You Light Up My Life

}}

  • {{cite web|url= http://www.intercord.com/artistb/rimes_leann/start2.htm |title=LeAnn Rimes |publisher={{langx|de|Intercord}} |date=October 6, 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991006201323/http://www.intercord.com/artistb/rimes_leann/start2.htm |archive-date= October 6, 1999 |language=German |quote='How Do I Live' has been in the top 5 of the Billboard charts for weeks [...] and the second single 'You Light Up My Life' is making great strides.}}

It also appeared on international editions of her follow-up album Sittin' on Top of the World (1998).{{cite AV media notes|title=Sittin' on Top of the World|others=LeAnn Rimes|year=1998|type=CD|publisher=Curb Records/Warner Strategic Marketing International|id=0927-42453-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Sittin' on Top of the World|others=LeAnn Rimes|year=1998|type=CD|publisher=Curb Records/BMG Africa|id=CDCURB(WF)028}}

A second version was performed by American singer Trisha Yearwood, which was featured in the film Con Air. Both versions were released to radio on May 23, 1997.

In the US, Rimes's version peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=November 23, 2021 |title=The Greatest Hit: The New No. 1 Song of All Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-billboard-cover-story-2021-interview-1235001282/ |access-date=November 24, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} It has been certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 4 million copies in the United States.{{certification Cite Ref|type=single|title=How Do I Live|artist=LeAnn Rimes|region=United States}}

Despite only peaking as high as No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart,{{cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com/ |title=EveryHit.com |publisher=EveryHit.com |date=March 16, 2000 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717022953/http://www.everyhit.com/ |archive-date=July 17, 2007}} Rimes's version of "How Do I Live" spent 34 weeks on the chart, ending up as the 6th 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.{{cite episode|title=Biggest Selling Pop Hits of the 90s|publisher=4Music|airdate=August 17, 2014}}

Background

Diane Warren wrote "How Do I Live" for consideration for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack. Walt Disney Pictures, the company behind the Touchstone Pictures label, requested that Rimes record the song. After hearing Rimes's recording, Disney executives decided that it lacked the maturity that they were looking for.{{cite web |last1=Boehlert |first1=Eric |title=How Do They Live With Themselves |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?cf=2511&nid=2988 |publisher=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020828211632/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?cf=2511&nid=2988 |archive-date=August 28, 2002 |date=February 23, 1998 |url-status=dead}} The company then turned to Trisha Yearwood to record a version of the song. According to Yearwood, she was unaware of Rimes's recording prior to being approached by Touchstone Pictures to record the song.{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Jack|date=September 5, 1997|title=Yearwood's On The Rise After Winning Song 'War' With Leann Rimes|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/09/05/yearwoods-on-the-rise-after-winning-song-war-with-leann-rimes/|access-date=June 7, 2015}}

Yearwood's version, which utilized a more throaty, country-western vibe,CMT Inside Fame: LeAnn Rimes CMT (April 12, 2004) Retrieved October 8, 2011 appeared in the film. When Rimes's record label, Curb Records, heard of the release, they were reluctant to release her version until Warren called label founder Mike Curb and urged him to release the recording as a single; her version was then quickly released to mainstream pop radio on the same day as Yearwood's rendition.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8528199/diane-warren-leann-rimes-how-do-i-live-billboard-moment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826172651/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8528199/diane-warren-leann-rimes-how-do-i-live-billboard-moment|archive-date=August 26, 2019|title=Songwriter Diane Warren Talks Penning LeAnn Rimes' Hot 100 Hit 'How Do I Live' | Billboard|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-07.pdf|title=Doug Johnson Takes On Giant Task; Trisha, LeAnn Locked in Ballad Battle|last=Flippo|first=Chet|author-link=Chet Flippo|magazine=Billboard|volume=109|issue=23|page=49|date=June 7, 1997|access-date=August 15, 2021}} Neither version of the song was included on the soundtrack album for the film (which consists of the score by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina).{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000OGP |title=Con Air: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=October 26, 2011}}

Yearwood's version reached number two on the U.S. country singles chart and was internationally successful. It appeared on her first compilation album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits (1997). The album certified quadruple-platinum in the United States.

Rimes's version was released as the first single from her album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997). It was included on her compilations Greatest Hits (2003), The Best of LeAnn Rimes (2004), and All-Time Greatest Hits (2015). The CD single was later reissued with the extended version of the song being replaced by Mr. Mig's Dance Radio Edit, which would later be featured on The Best of LeAnn Rimes: Remixed (2004); the later release Dance Like You Don't Give A...Greatest Hits Remixes (2014) featured a new remix by Cahill. "How Do I Live" was later covered by F.I.R.; their version featured new vocals by Rimes and was included their third album Flight Tribe (2006).{{cite web |title=世界被音樂點亮•夢想跟著F.I.R.無限飛行 :::2006全新創作大碟 飛行部落 7月14 全面預購 |url=http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/focus/mandarin/fir/flight_tribe/fir_advance/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204193905/http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/focus/mandarin/fir/flight_tribe/fir_advance/ |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |access-date=June 1, 2012 |publisher=Warnermusic.com.tw}}

Critical reception

=Rimes version=

Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as a "straight-ahead pop ballad" and noted that Rimes "has a field day with this beautiful, richly soulful Diane Warren composition, giving it a youthful exuberance and wide-eyed innocence that will melt even the coldest heart." He also added that Rimes "is so vigorously courting the pop world with this single" and that she "has offered a tune that makes the most of her formidable pipes and leaves listeners salivating for more."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-07.pdf|title=Single Reviews|editor-last=Flick|editor-first=Larry|editor-link=Larry Flick|magazine=Billboard|volume=109|issue=23|page=78|date=June 7, 1997|access-date=February 6, 2020}} Alanna Nash from Entertainment Weekly called it a "lush version".{{cite magazine|first= Alanna |last= Nash |title= How Do I Live |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date= July 11, 1997 |access-date= November 11, 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/1997/07/11/how-do-i-live/}} British magazine Music Week gave the song four out of five.{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-02-07.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=February 7, 1998|page=12|access-date=September 7, 2023}} In 2019, Stacker placed Rimes's version of the song at No. 1 in their list of "Best 90s pop songs", noting it as a "classic break-up tune".{{cite web|first= Jacob |last= Osborn |title= Best 90s pop songs |publisher= Stacker |url= https://thestacker.com/stories/2971/best-90s-pop-songs#10 |date= April 30, 2019 |access-date= April 22, 2020}} David Sinclair from The Times viewed it as a "sludgy ballad by the 14-year-old prodigy."Sinclair, David (July 12, 1997). "The week's top pop releases; Records". The Times.

=Yearwood version=

Regarding Yearwood's version, Flick stated that Yearwood "is a vocalist with the depth and intensity to convey the love and longing in the lyric." He added that the production by the singer with Tony Brown "is lush and textured, but it is her vocal that is this single's centerpiece. It's full of passion and subtle nuances." Alanna Nash from Entertainment Weekly described Yearwood's version as a "countrier rendition". She noted, "When Yearwood sings, ”If you ever leave/Baby, you would take away everything good in my life,” her voice throbs with adult emotion." A reviewer from Music Week viewed it as a "poppier" version.

Chart performance

Both the Rimes and the Yearwood versions debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending June 14, 1997. Rimes's version was noted for its extreme longevity, spending a record-breaking 69 weeks on the chart, with 62 of those weeks being in the top 40, 32 weeks in the top ten and 25 in the top five, all records at the time. Such was the run in the top five for Rimes that, despite not peaking at No. 1 and instead spending five non-consecutive weeks at No. 2, it competed directly with two songs by R&B singer Usher, "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Nice & Slow", which were released five months apart from each other. Rimes's version also performed well on other component charts, most notably spending 11 weeks atop the Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812012045/http://www.billboard.com/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-10.shtml |archive-date=August 12, 2009 |url=http://www.billboard.com/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-10.shtml |title=Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 25, 2011}}

Despite this success, Trisha Yearwood's version was most successful on country radio. Although Yearwood's version was moving quickly up the pop charts, getting as high as No. 23, MCA refused to issue further copies of the single, afraid of cannibalizing album sales.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} As a result, the limited press run of 300,000 sold out quickly, and the single was off the Hot 100 after 12 weeks. However, on country radio it became much more commercially successful, climbing all the way to No. 2, where it peaked for one week, outpacing the peak of 43 set by the recording Rimes released.

Consequently, Yearwood's version was among the top 20 biggest country singles of 1997, while Rimes's version was the ninth and fifth best- charting singles on the pop charts for the years 1997 and 1998, respectively. Rimes's version was later ranked at No. 4 on Billboard's All Time Top 100 in 2008. It was ranked by Billboard as the 12th-most-successful single of the 1990s at the end of the decade in 1999. 15 years later, after retabulations, it was re-ranked as the second best-charting single that was released during the decade,{{cite magazine |date=April 24, 2019 |title=Billboard's Top Songs of the '90s |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboards-top-songs-90s |magazine=Billboard}} and the best-charting single of the 1990s proper.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6297023/billboard-hot-100-1990|title=The Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of the 1990s|magazine=Billboard}} In a retrospective compilation in conjunction with SiriusXM from 2019, Billboard ranked "How Do I Live" second on their list of top performing songs of the decade.

Internationally, the singles also had varied success, with Rimes's version typically outperforming Yearwood's. In the UK, Rimes's version peaked at No. 7, spending 30 weeks on the UK Top 40 singles chart and ranking as the sixth highest selling single on the UK year-end chart for 1998,{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=July 16, 2021 |title=Official Top 40 best-selling singles of 1998 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-40-best-selling-singles-of-1998__33595/ |website=Official Charts}}{{Cite web |title=LeAnn Rimes UK Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1892/leann-rimes/ |website=Official Charts}} while Yearwood's version landed at No. 66. Rimes's version additionally charted across central Europe, reaching the top 5 in the Netherlands and Norway, the top 20 in Denmark, and the top 40 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Conversely, in both Ireland and Australia as well as on the Canadian country charts, Yearwood's version managed to outpace Rimes's peak at Nos. 2, 3, and 1 to Rimes's 14, 17, and 60, respectively. Consequently, Yearwood's version was ranked in the top 20 and 30 for the 1997 Australian and Canadian country year-end charts, respectively.

Accolades

In 1998, for the first time in history, the Grammy Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following Rimes's performance of the song, Yearwood won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.{{cite web |url=http://grammy.org/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx |title=Grammy Award Winners |website=grammy.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317085807/http://grammy.org/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx |archive-date=March 17, 2009}} Yearwood also performed the song at the Country Music Association for which she won the 1997 award for Female Vocalist of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmaawards.com/2008/database/ArtistDetail.aspx?artistId=42 |title=Home |publisher=Cmaawards.com |access-date=October 8, 2011}} Yearwood also won the 1997 Academy of Country Music Award for Top Female Vocalist.{{cite web |url=http://www.acmcountry.com/awards/awardsSearch.php?queryStr=trisha%20yearwood |title=Academy of Country Music |publisher=Acmcountry.com |access-date=October 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927050038/http://www.acmcountry.com/awards/awardsSearch.php?queryStr=trisha%20yearwood |archive-date=September 27, 2011}}

The song also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from the film Titanic.{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp;jsessionid=346C66CB5118263C5245E68F607CD9F7?curTime=1245298409670 |title=Session Timeout – Academy Awards® Database – AMPAS |publisher=Awardsdatabase.oscars.org |date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=October 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702163807/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3D346C66CB5118263C5245E68F607CD9F7?curTime=1245298409670 |archive-date=July 2, 2010}} Yearwood performed the song at the award ceremony. Ironically, the song received a contradictory nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song, but "lost" again to the soundtrack for The Postman.{{Cite web|date=June 5, 2015|title=15 Things You Might Not Know About Con Air|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64643/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-con-air|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=www.mentalfloss.com|language=en}}

Track listings

=Rimes version=

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  • US single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000CQG |title=How Do I Live: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=October 28, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0050AQP9K/ |title=How Do I Live: Leann Rimes: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date=September 9, 2009 |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:25
  2. "How Do I Live" (original extended version) – 4:53
  • US single re-release{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000CQF |title=How Do I Live / My Baby: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
  1. "How Do I Live" (film mix) – 4:25
  2. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54
  • US and UK maxi-single; US and UK digital download and vinyl{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000005Z98 |title=How Do I Live: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=October 9, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/how-do-i-live-dance-mix-ep/73979892 |title=iTunes – Music – How Do I Live Dance Mix – EP by LeAnn Rimes |publisher=iTunes |date=June 3, 1997 |access-date=November 3, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/how-do-i-live-dance-mix-ep/73979892 |title=iTunes – Music – How Do I Live Dance Mix – EP by LeAnn Rimes |publisher=iTunes |date=June 3, 1997 |access-date=February 18, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/How-Do-Live-Leann-Rimes/dp/B00004WV5F/ |title=How Do I Live: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=April 16, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005Z97/|title=How Do I Live Dance Mix [Vinyl] LeAnn Rimes: Music|website=Amazon|access-date=May 2, 2012}}
  1. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54
  2. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Radio Edit) – 4:15
  3. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Radio Edit) – 3:45
  4. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Mix) – 7:38
  5. "How Do I Live" (original extended version) – 4:53
  • UK single{{cite AV media

| title = How Do I Live

| type = CD Single

| date = 1997

| publisher = Curb Records

| location = United Kingdom

| id = CUBC 22

}}

  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:25
  2. "Blue" – 2:47

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  • UK maxi-CD{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000008819 |title=How Do I Live (Dance Mixes) [CD 1]: LeAnn Rimes: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:25
  2. "You Light Up My Life" – 3:34
  3. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Remix Club Radio Edit) – 4:15
  4. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Radio Edit) – 3:45
  • UK maxi-CD 2; Australian CD single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000006R7J |title=Commitment/How Do I Live: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=October 9, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Commitment-How-Do-I-Live/dp/B000006R7J/ |title=Commitment/How Do I Live: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=April 16, 2012}}
  1. "Commitment" – 4:36
  2. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54
  3. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Radio Edit) – 4:15
  4. "How Do I Live" (RH Factor Radio Edit) – 3:45
  5. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Mix) – 7:38
  6. "How Do I Live" (original extended version) – 4:53
  • Germany maxi-CD{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000JAA1 |title=How Do I Live: LeAnn Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
  1. "How Do I Live" (radio edit) – 3:45
  2. "How Do I Live" (original extended version) – 4:25
  3. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Dance Radio Edit) – 3:54
  4. "How Do I Live" (Mr. Mig Club Radio Edit) – 4:15

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=Yearwood version=

  • US and Japan CD single; US cassette single{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRISHA-YEARWOOD-HOW-DO-I-LIVE-2-TRK-CD-SINGLE-EX-1250-/290269530319?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item43956988cf |title=Trisha Yearwood-How Do I Live-2 Trk CD Single-EX-1250 |publisher=eBay |date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=April 16, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOW-How-Do-I-Live-by-Trisha-Yearwood-CD-1997-Japan-/230576012775?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item35af66bde7 |title=WOW! How Do I Live by Trisha Yearwood (CD 1997) Japan! |publisher=eBay |access-date=April 16, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/How-Do-I-Live/dp/B00000DKCF/ |title=How Do I Live: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=April 16, 2012}}
  1. "How Do I Live" – 4:28
  2. "How Do I Live" (video version) – 4:07
  • European CD single{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trisha-Yearwood-How-Do-I-Live-3-Track-CD-Single-/300648923908?pt=AU_Audio_CDs&hash=item4600128304 |title=Trisha Yearwood – How Do I Live 3 Track CD Single |publisher=eBay |access-date=April 16, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRISHA-YEARWOOD-How-Do-I-Live-EURO-CD-single-Info?item=360087872478&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7764806484379669539&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7764806484379669539 |title=TRISHA YEARWOOD How Do I Live EURO CD single + Info |publisher=eBay |date=November 5, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2012}}
  1. "How Do I Live" (video version) – 4:07
  2. "How Do I Live" – 4:28
  3. "She's in Love with the Boy" – 4:05

Credits and personnel

Diane Warren – songwriting

Rimes version

Credits for Rimes's version are adapted from the liner notes of the UK version of Sittin' on Top of the World.{{cite AV media notes|title=Sittin' on Top of the World|others=LeAnn Rimes|type=CD liner notes|publisher=Curb Records, London Records|year=1999|id=3984 29690 2}}

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  • Wilbur C. Rimes – producer
  • Chuck Howard – producer
  • Mike Curb – producer
  • Lesley Albert – production coordinator
  • Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
  • Pam Rose – background vocals
  • Michael Black – background vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – background vocals
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer, mixing
  • Bob Campbell-Smith – mixing engineer, recording, mixing
  • Greg Morrow – drums
  • Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
  • John Willis – electric guitar
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Steve Nathan – piano, keys
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Jeff Watkins – assistant recording
  • Daniel Kresco – assistant recording, additional recording
  • Scott Ahaus – assistant recording, assistant mixing
  • Jim Rogers – assistant recording
  • David Boyer – assistant recording
  • Csaba Petocz – recording
  • David Hall – assistant recording

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Charts

=Rimes version=

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==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1997–1999)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|17|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live}}
{{single chart|Austria|24|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|19|chartid=3369|publishdate=October 27, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|13|chartid=3322|publishdate=September 15, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}}
{{single chart|Canadacountry|60|chartid=3313|publishdate=September 1, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}}
Denmark (IFPI)Danish Singles Chart. September 25, 1998.

| style="text-align:center;"|17

Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-03-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=12|page=11|date=March 21, 1998|access-date=August 15, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|16

{{single chart|Germany|22|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live|songid=3819|access-date=March 31, 2020}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|14|song=How Do I Live|access-date=August 15, 2021}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|4|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live|access-date=June 19, 2018}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live}}
{{single chart|Norway|4|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live}}
{{single chart|Scotland|6|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live|date=April 19, 1998}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|24|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|7|artist=LeAnn Rimes|song=How Do I Live|artistid=1892|refname="ukrimes"}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=LeAnn Rimes|access-date=October 7, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=LeAnn Rimes|access-date=October 7, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|10|artist=LeAnn Rimes|access-date=October 7, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|43|artist=LeAnn Rimes|access-date=October 7, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|4|artist=LeAnn Rimes|access-date=October 7, 2011}}

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==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable"
Chart (1997)

!Position

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/1997-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1997|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=September 21, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1998)

!Position

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201998.pdf |title=Singles Top 100 Van 1998 |publisher=Top40.nl |access-date=October 8, 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=September 21, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22

UK Singles (OCC)

| style="text-align:center;"|6

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/1998-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1998|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=September 21, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw0EAAAAMBAJ|title=1998 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=110|issue=52|page=YE-95|date=December 26, 1998|access-date=September 21, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

class="wikitable"
Chart (1999)

!Position

Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1999|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1999|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=April 21, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"|84

==Decade-end charts==

class="wikitable"
Chart (1990–1999)

!Position

align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4|title=Hot 100 Singles of the '90s|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=July 9, 2021}}

|align="center"|12

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=Yearwood version=

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==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1997)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|3|artist=Trisha Yearwood|song=How Do I Live|access-date=August 15, 2021}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|28|chartid=3363|publishdate=October 27, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013|refname=CanadaACYearwood}}
{{single chart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=3313|publishdate=September 1, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=How Do I Live|access-date=August 15, 2021}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|66|artist=Trisha Yearwood|song=How Do I Live|artistid=29797|refname="ukyearwood"}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|23|artist=Trisha Yearwood}}
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Trisha Yearwood}}

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==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1997)

!Position

Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-1997.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 1997 |work=ARIA Charts |access-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912160555/http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-1997.htm |archive-date=September 12, 2009}}

| style="text-align:center;"|12

Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7905&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997|work=RPM|date=December 15, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114164040/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7905&type=1&interval=24|archive-date=January 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 71

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7902&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997|work=RPM|date=December 15, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 27

US Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1997: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1997| access-date=July 17, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 18

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Certifications

=Rimes version=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|title=How Do I Live|artist=Le Ann Rimes|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1998}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Norway|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|nosales=true}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=LeAnn Rimes|title=How Do I Live|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=1997|certyear=2025|id=3021-1858-1|refname=BPI|access-date=May 30, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|title=How Do I Live|artist=LeAnn Rimes|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1997|salesamount=4,000,000|salesref=}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

=Yearwood version=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

Release history

=Rimes version=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Version

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|Original

|May 23, 1997

|Radio

|rowspan="2"|Curb

|

Dance Mix

|February 10, 1998

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Singles Spotlight|last=Sandiford-Waller|first=Theda|magazine=Billboard|volume=110|issue=5|page=93|date=January 31, 1998|quote='How Do I Live' [...] could rebound when the new commercial version featuring the dance remix hits retail Feb. 10.}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom

|Original

|February 23, 1998

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Curb|The Hit Label}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-02-21.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=February 21, 1998|access-date=August 15, 2021}}

Dance Mix

|March 2, 1998

|CD

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-02-28.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=February 28, 1998|access-date=January 20, 2023}}

scope="row"|Japan

|Original

|November 21, 1998

|Mini-CD

|Curb

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/176873/products/80413/1/|title=ハウ・ドゥ・アイ・リブ {{!}} リアン・ライムス|trans-title=How Do I Live {{!}} LeAnn Rimes|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=August 31, 2023}}

=Yearwood version=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United States

|May 23, 1997

|Radio

|rowspan="3"|MCA Nashville

|

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|July 28, 1997

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-07-26.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=July 26, 1997|access-date=August 15, 2021}}

scope="row"|Japan

|October 1, 1997

|CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/115013/products/160403/1/|title=ハウ・ドゥ・アイ・リブ {{!}} トリーシャ・イヤウッド|trans-title=How Do I Live {{!}} Trisha Yearwood|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=August 31, 2023}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119235747/http://www.leannrimesworld.com/media/videos/27931/37831 LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live" music video] at official site
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103065247/http://www.cmt.com/videos/trisha-yearwood/96247/how-do-i-live.jhtml Trisha Yearwood – "How Do I Live" music video] at CMT.com

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