Living (song)

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"Living"
Single by Dierks Bentley
from the album The Mountain
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) [1]
Genre Country
Length3:42
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dierks Bentley singles chronology
"Burning Man"
(2018)		"Living"
(2019)		"Gone"
(2020)

"Living" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released in February 2019 as the third single from Bentley's 2018 album The Mountain . Bentley co-wrote the song with Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, and Jon Nite.

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Commercial performance

Living reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay dated September 28, 2019, which is Bentley's 17th No. 1 on the chart. [2] The song has sold 79,000 copies in the United States as of October 2019. [3]

Music video

The official video of the song, directed by Wes Edwards, [4] features Bentley and his son Knox spending quality time together by playing in their backyard, as well as various other places such as a water park, a go-kart track, and a laser tag arena. [5]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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