Living Inside Myself

{{Infobox song

| name = Living Inside Myself

| cover = Living_Inside_Myself_-_Gino_Vannelli.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gino Vannelli

| album = Nightwalker

| B-side = Stay With Me

| released = March 1981

| recorded = 1980

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Soft rock|blue-eyed soul}}

| length = 4:23

| label = Arista

| writer = Gino Vannelli

| producer = {{hlist|Gino Vannelli|Joe Vannelli|Ross Vannelli}}

| prev_title = The River Must Flow

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Nightwalker

| next_year = 1981

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|g2-wE-J91JU|"Living Inside Myself"}}}}

}}

"Living Inside Myself" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli. It appears on his seventh album, Nightwalker. The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe, and Ross Vannelli.

Premise and composition

In terms of the storyline, the song's narrator finds himself living inside both himself and "this hell" without his former love. The main frame of the song is in B major, while the chorus progresses from A major to D flat.

Chart performance

Released as a single in 1981 in his native Canada, the song went to No. 13 on the RPM Top Singles chart and No. 2 on Canada's Adult Contemporary chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0339&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.0339.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0339|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=July 17, 2013|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} and was his second top ten hit in the U.S. during the spring and summer of 1981, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302857/gino-vannelli/chart |title=Gino Vannelli - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-03-26}} "Living Inside Myself" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.

=Weekly singles charts=

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Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|first= David \|last= Kent \|author-link= David Kent (historian) \|title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 \|publisher= Australian Chart Book \|location= St Ives, N.S.W. \|year= 1993 \|isbn= 0-646-11917-6}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 86
Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0352.pdf\| title=RPM Top 50 Singles - June 20, 1981}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|13
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary \| style="text-align:center;"\|2
{{singlechart\|Billboardhot100\|6\|artist=Gino Vannelli}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|5\|artist=Gino Vannelli}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|45\|artist=Gino Vannelli}}
U.S. Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web \|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810530.html \|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981 \|access-date=December 3, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603155251/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810530.html \|archive-date=June 3, 2015 \|url-status=dead }} \|align="center"\|9

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
align="left"\|Chart (1981) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Rank
Canada RPM{{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4689.pdf\| title=RPM Top 100 Singles of 1981 - December 26, 1981}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|85
U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web\|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1981.htm\|title=Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981.\|website=www.musicoutfitters.com}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|34
U.S. Cash Box{{Cite web \|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html \|title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981 \|access-date=December 3, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022115158/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html \|archive-date=October 22, 2016 \|url-status=dead }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|78

class="wikitable"

align="left"|Chart (1981)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

Canada RPM{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4689.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles of 1981 - December 26, 1981}}

| style="text-align:center;"|85

U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1981.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981.|website=www.musicoutfitters.com}}

| style="text-align:center;"|34

U.S. Cash Box{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html |title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981 |access-date=December 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022115158/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| style="text-align:center;"|78

Track listing

;US 7" single

:A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23

:B. "Stay with Me" - 4:42

External links

{{YouTube|kV25xS6ZXoU|Listen to "Living Inside Myself"}}

References

Category:1981 songs

Category:1981 singles

Category:Gino Vannelli songs

Category:Arista Records singles

Category:1980s ballads

Category:Songs written by Gino Vannelli