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| "You're the Reason I'm Living" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bobby Darin | ||||
| from the album You're the Reason I'm Living | ||||
| B-side | "Now You're Gone" | |||
| Released | December 31, 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 1962 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 2:29 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Darin | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Venet | |||
| Bobby Darin singles chronology | ||||
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"You're the Reason I'm Living" is a 1963 single written and performed by Bobby Darin, from his album of the same name. Musicians on the recording session included drummer Earl Palmer.
Chart performance
The single was very successful spending 2 weeks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart beginning March 16, 1963. "You're the Reason I'm Living" peaked at #9 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. In Canada the song reached #11.
Cover versions
- Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song for 1975's "Live in Las Vegas."
References
- Burke, Ken (January 1, 1998). "Bobby Darrin". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 121–122.
- "Cover versions of You're the Reason I'm Living by Bobby Darin | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
- Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 145.
- "CHUM Hit Parade - February 11, 1963".
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