Dear Life (High Valley song)

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"Dear Life"
Single by High Valley
from the album Dear Life
Released July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17)
Genre Country
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Brad Rempel
  • Seth Mosley
  • Ben Stennis
Producer(s)
  • Seth Mosley
  • Mike "X" O'Connor
High Valley singles chronology
"She's with Me"
(2017)
"Dear Life"
(2017)
"Young Forever"
(2018)

"Dear Life" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fifth studio album of the same name (2016). Group member Brad Rempel co-wrote the song with Seth Mosley and Ben Stennis, while Mosley co-produced the track with Mike "X" O'Connor. The song was first released digitally as the second promotional single on October 28, 2016, and was later released to Canadian country radio July 17, 2017 as the album's third Canadian single and fifth overall single. [1] [2]

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Dear Life is the fifth studio album recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley and the group's debut major-label release. It was released on November 18, 2016 through Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville. The American track listing for the album features two tracks from the duo's previous album, County Line (2014), in place of two of the newly recorded songs, notably removing the Canadian lead single, "Every Week's Got a Friday" in favour of "Make You Mine".

Contents

Composition

"Dear Life" is a Bluegrass-inspired song that features a "percussive" chorus and acoustic verses. [3] The song's lyrics address making choices as one grows up and was inspired by the duo's kids. [4] [5] Drums feature prominently in the song's instrumentation, and "Dear Life"'s production has been compared to Avicii's "Hey Brother", which combines elements of country music with electronic dance music. [4] [3]

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Chart performance

"Dear Life" peaked at number five on the Canada Country chart, earning the group their ninth consecutive top-10 single. [6]

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [6] 5

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaOctober 28, 2016 Digital download [1]
CanadaJuly 17, 2017 Country radio Warner Nashville [2]

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