I Live My Life for You

"I Live My Life for You" is the seventh single released by the American rock band FireHouse. It is a tenth and last track from its third album, 3. A power ballad, the song reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts. It is generally considered to be the last song released by a 1980s style glam metal band still classified as such to make a significant impact on the charts, something notable because it was released in 1995 which was a full three years after the genre was pushed out of the mainstream by the grunge movement. The song was written by guitarist Bill Leverty and vocalist C.J. Snare.[1]

"I Live My Life for You"
Single by FireHouse
from the album 3
Released1995
Recorded1994
GenreAcoustic rock, glam metal
Length4:24
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)C.J. Snare, Bill Leverty
Producer(s)Ron Nevison
FireHouse singles chronology
"Sleeping with You"
(1992)
"I Live My Life for You"
(1995)
"Here for You"
(1995)

When asked about the song's success in an interview, Snare commented that "we surprised a lot of people because we were the only band of that genre that I can remember that actually had a top 20 hit right in the middle of that whole Seattle scene."[2]

Charts edit

Chart (1995) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 26
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 20
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[5] 14

Year-end chart edit

Year-end chart (1995) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 91

References edit

  1. ^ "Firehouse Music". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. ^ "C.J. Snare Interview with RockEyez". 2005 Rock Eyez. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  3. ^ "Firehouse Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Firehouse Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Firehouse Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2010-08-27.

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