Post by noinhibitions on Apr 6, 2021 0:47:45 GMT -5
Written by Diane Warren and first recorded by LeAnn from her 2nd studio album in 1997 at the age of 14.
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Trisha Yearwood also recorded and released the song to country radio and LeAnn released hers to pop the same day. Both were nominated at the 1998 Grammys for the same song...awkward! Some more on that from Wiki:
According to Wikipedia:
In the US, Rimes's version peaked at No. 2 for five non-consecutive weeks in late 1997 and early 1998, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John, and "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden. It set a record for staying on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 69 weeks, a record it held until "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz set a new record of 76 weeks. The Rimes recording also set the record for the most time in the Billboard Hot 100's top 5 at 25 consecutive weeks and held the record for 19 years (until it was broken in early 2017 by The Chainsmokers' song "Closer"), the record for Billboard Hot 100's top 10 at 32 consecutive weeks (a record surpassed by "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran in 2017). It ranks at No. 4 on Billboard's All Time Top 100, the only single on the top 10 of this list not peaking at No. 1.
Trisha Yearwood also recorded and released the song to country radio and LeAnn released hers to pop the same day. Both were nominated at the 1998 Grammys for the same song...awkward! Some more on that from Wiki:
Diane Warren wrote "How Do I Live" for consideration for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack. She ran into LeAnn Rimes at a restaurant shortly following her win as Best New Artist during the 1997 Grammy Awards. Warren told Rimes that she wrote the song specifically with Rimes in mind, promising it to her. After she recorded the song the next day, Walt Disney Pictures, the company behind the Touchstone Pictures label, decided that Rimes' recording had too much of a "pop" sound, and that Rimes, then 14 at the time of the recording, was too young to sing about the subject matter of the song. The company then turned to Trisha Yearwood for the re-recording, to which the latter agreed. According to Yearwood, she was unaware of Rimes' recording prior to being approached by Touchstone Pictures to record the song.[11]
Yearwood's version, which utilized a more throaty, country-western vibe,[12] was released on May 27, 1997[13] to country radio and appeared in the film. When Rimes' record label, Curb Records, heard of the release, they were reluctant to release Rimes' version until Warren personally called label founder Mike Curb and urged him to release Rimes' recording as a single; her version was then quickly released to mainstream pop radio on the same day as Yearwood's rendition.[14][15] Neither Rimes' nor Yearwood's version of the song was included on the soundtrack album for the film (which consists of the score by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina).[16]
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In 1998, for the first time in history, the Grammy Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following Rimes' performance of the song, Yearwood won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.[77] Yearwood also performed the song at the Country Music Association for which she won the 1997 award for Female Vocalist of the Year.[78] Yearwood also won the 1997 Academy of Country Music Award for Top Female Vocalist.[79]
Yearwood's version, which utilized a more throaty, country-western vibe,[12] was released on May 27, 1997[13] to country radio and appeared in the film. When Rimes' record label, Curb Records, heard of the release, they were reluctant to release Rimes' version until Warren personally called label founder Mike Curb and urged him to release Rimes' recording as a single; her version was then quickly released to mainstream pop radio on the same day as Yearwood's rendition.[14][15] Neither Rimes' nor Yearwood's version of the song was included on the soundtrack album for the film (which consists of the score by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina).[16]
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In 1998, for the first time in history, the Grammy Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following Rimes' performance of the song, Yearwood won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.[77] Yearwood also performed the song at the Country Music Association for which she won the 1997 award for Female Vocalist of the Year.[78] Yearwood also won the 1997 Academy of Country Music Award for Top Female Vocalist.[79]