Live in Life

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"Live in Life"
Live in Life by The Rubens.png
Single by The Rubens
from the album 0202
Released14 November 2019
Length3:36
Label Ivy League
Songwriter(s)
  • Scott Baldwin
  • Elliott Margin
  • Izaac Margin
  • Sam Margin
  • William Zeglis
Producer(s)
The Rubens singles chronology
"Falling Asleep at the Wheel"
(2019)
"Live in Life"
(2019)
"Heavy Weather"
(2020)
Music video
"Live in Life" on YouTube

"Live in Life" is a song by Australian alternative rock group The Rubens. The song was released on 14 November 2019 [2] as the lead single from the group's fourth studio album, 0202 (2021). The song has peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

The Ruben's Sam Margin explained the meaning of the song during its premiere on Triple J: "I see it as this guy who has messed up and lost someone in his life, and he's telling himself 'No, this is fine. Change is fine, I'm ok with this'. But then realising he's not ok and trying to rectify things but realises it's too late." [3]

The song won Most Performed Alternative Work at the APRA Music Awards of 2021. [4] [5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Luca Watson and Harry Welsh and released on 9 December 2019. [6]

Critical reception

Al Newstead from Triple J said the song "incorporates sleeker pop production and ups the beat factor for a track that follows a narrator over the course of one night during the back-and-forth of a relationship breakdown." [3]

Track listing

Digital download [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Live in Life"
  • Scott Baldwin
  • Elliott Margin
  • Izaac Margin
  • Sam Margin
  • William Zeglis
3:36
Digital download — Remix EP [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Live in Life" (Alice Ivy remix)
  • Baldwin
  • E. Margin
  • I. Margin
  • S. Margin
  • Zeglis
4:23
2."Live in Life" (Nasaya remix)
  • Baldwin
  • E. Margin
  • I. Margin
  • S. Margin
  • Zeglis
  • The Rubens
  • Kersting
  • Nasaya
3:24
3."Live in Life" (Pink Skies remix)
  • Baldwin
  • E. Margin
  • I. Margin
  • S. Margin
  • Zeglis
  • The Rubens
  • Kersting
  • Pink Skies
3:37
4."Live in Life" (Father Bobby Townsend remix)
  • Baldwin
  • E. Margin
  • I. Margin
  • S. Margin
  • Zeglis
  • The Rubens
  • Kersting
  • Father Bobby Townsend
4:03
5."Live in Life"
  • Baldwin
  • E. Margin
  • I. Margin
  • S. Margin
  • Zeglis
  • The Rubens
  • Kersting
3:36
Total length:19:03

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)Position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 34

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] 3× Platinum210,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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