Life Goes On (Poison song)

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"Life Goes On"
Life Goes On Poison.jpg
Single by Poison
from the album Flesh & Blood
B-side "Something to Believe In (Acoustic/Unmixed Version)"
ReleasedApril 21, 1991
Recorded1990
Genre Glam metal [1]
Length4:46
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall, C.C. DeVille
Producer(s) Bruce Fairbairn
Poison singles chronology
"Ride the Wind"
(1991)
"Life Goes On"
(1991)
"(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice"
(1991)

"Life Goes On" is a song by American glam metal band Poison. The power ballad [2] was the fourth single from their 1990 album Flesh & Blood . The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Song history

C.C. DeVille originally brought the song to the band, where Rikki Rockett and Bobby Dall added their input. The lyrics were written after a girlfriend of DeVille's was shot and killed in a bar fight in Palm Springs, California. The song is about trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel. [3]

Albums

"Life Goes On" is on the following albums.

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 35
US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 73

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