Let Me Live My Life

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"Let Me Live My Life"
Let Me Live My Life song.jpg
Single by Saint Asonia
from the album Saint Asonia
ReleasedJuly 17, 2015
Length3:11
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Johnny K
Saint Asonia singles chronology
"Better Place"
(2015)
"Let Me Live My Life"
(2015)
"The Hunted"
(2019)
Music video
"Let Me Live My Life" (lyric video) on YouTube

"Let Me Live My Life" is a song by Canadian-American rock supergroup Saint Asonia. It was released on July 17, 2015, as the second single from their debut self-titled studio album. [1] The song was released two weeks before the album's arrival. [2]

Contents

Composition

The song runs at 177 BPM and is in the key of C♯ minor. [3] A lyric video was released the same day the single came out. [2] Gontier stated that "Let Me Live My Life" was his favourite song from the album. He revealed the meaning behind the song.

"'Let Me Live My Life' definitely stands out as one of my favourites. That is a song about people dragging me down and me asking them to let me go. It definitely hits home for me." [4]

Gontier also said that it is one of his favorite songs to play live stating, "It is a lot of fun, and it has that bouncy feel to it." [5]

Release

"Let Me Live My Life" was released digitally on July 17, 2015, and had its lyrics video premiere on the same day. [6] The song was serviced to mainstream rock radio in the United States on December 24, 2015. [7]

Reception

Chad Childers of Loudwire stated, "The track gets going Corey Lowery's bass licks before giving way to a swinging drum and guitar combination from Rich Beddoe and Mike Mushok before Adam Gontier's vocals kick in. As for the lyrical content, it's a gut punch of a song." [2] The song has amassed over 10 million streams on Spotify. [8]

Credits and personnel

Saint Asonia
Production

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for "Let Me Live My Life"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJuly 17, 2015 Digital download RCA [1]
United StatesDecember 24, 2015 Mainstream rock [7]

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