Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)

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"Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album My Father's Son
B-side "Lonesome for You"
ReleasedAugust 17, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:52
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Lonnie Wilson, John Barlow Jarvis, Don Cook
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs, Mac McAnally
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"Restless"
(1991)
"Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)"
(1991)
"Same Ol' Love"
(1991)

"Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" is a song written by Lonnie Wilson, John Barlow Jarvis and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in August 1991 as the first single from the album My Father's Son . The song reached #37 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 15
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 37

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 316.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1670." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. November 9, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.