Living Inside Myself
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| "Living Inside Myself" | ||||
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| Single by Gino Vannelli | ||||
| from the album Nightwalker | ||||
| B-side | "Stay With Me" | |||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gino Vannelli | |||
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| Gino Vannelli singles chronology | ||||
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| "Living Inside Myself" on YouTube | ||||
"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[edit]
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[edit]
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.[1] 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.[2] "Living Inside Myself" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.
Weekly singles charts[edit]
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Track listing[edit]
- US 7" single
- A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23
- B. "Stay with Me" - 4:42
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
- ^ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM Top 50 Singles - June 20, 1981" (PDF).
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 246.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 602.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of 1981 - December 26, 1981" (PDF).
- ^ Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1981
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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