I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love

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"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 19
B-side"I Stand Up"
ReleasedMay 20, 1988
Recorded1988
GenreSoft rock
Length3:54 (album version)
3:56 (AC mix)
LabelFull Moon/Reprise
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren, Albert Hammond
Producer(s)Ron Nevison
Chicago singles chronology
"Niagara Falls"
(1987)
"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"
(1988)
"Look Away"
(1988)

"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" is a hit song written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 19 (1988), with Bill Champlin singing lead vocals. It is the first Chicago single to feature Champlin performing all lead vocals himself. The first single released from Chicago 19, it reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] The B-side of the single was "I Stand Up" written by Robert Lamm and Gerard McMahon. The song was featured in the Netflix original movie Death Note, which is based on the anime of the same name.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 50
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 4
France (IFOP)[4] 99
US (Billboard Hot 100)[5] 3

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1988) Position
United States (Billboard)[6][7] 48

References[edit]

  1. ^ "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love - Chicago". Billboard.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 85437." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ "InfoDisc : Accès direct à ces Artistes > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research.
  6. ^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
  7. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.