Livin' in a World Without You

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"Livin' in a World without You"
The rasmus liawwy.jpg
Single by the Rasmus
from the album Black Roses
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2008 Scandinavia
September 12 Germany, Austria, Switzerland
September 15 International
RecordedSeptember 2007 – April 2008 [1]
Genre Alternative metal, symphonic rock
Length3:50
Label Playground Music
Songwriter(s) Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Desmond Child [1]
Producer(s) Desmond Child, Harry Sommerdahl [1]
The Rasmus singles chronology
"Keep Your Heart Broken"
(2006)
"Livin' in a World without You"
(2008)
"Justify"
(2009)

Livin' in a World Without You is a song by Finnish rock band the Rasmus and the first single from their seventh studio album, Black Roses . It is also first track on the album. The single was released on 10 September 2008, [2] and was available in a variety of formats. [3] It was performed for the first time live at the 'NRJ in the Park' festival in Berlin on 5 July 2008.

Contents

A music video for the song, produced by Nicolas Fronda, was recorded on 3 July in Stockholm and premiered on the band's web site. [4]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Livin' in a World Without You" – 3:50
  2. "Livin' in a World Without You" (Acoustic Version) – 3:43
  3. "You Got It Wrong" – 3:17
  4. "Livin' in a World Without You" (Video)
Remixes Promo
  1. "Livin In A World Without You" (Jorg Schmid Remix) - 5:15
  2. "Livin In A World Without You" (Milan East Remix) - 3:53
  3. "Livin In A World Without You" (Jorg Schmid Radio Edit) - 3:06
  4. "Livin In A World Without You" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:14

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008–09)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 26
CIS (TopHit) [6] 32
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 1
Germany (Official German Charts) [8] 14
Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino) [9] 8
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [10] 39
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 78
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report) [12] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)Position
CIS (TopHit) [13] 147
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [14] 83

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