Our Lives (song)

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"Our Lives"
Our Lives The Calling.jpg
Single by the Calling
from the album Two
B-side
ReleasedMarch 29, 2004 (2004-03-29)
Length3:55
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Clif Magness
  • Marc Tanner
  • Aaron Kamin
  • Alex Band
The Calling singles chronology
"For You"
(2003)
"Our Lives"
(2004)
"Things Will Go My Way"
(2004)
Music video
"Our Lives" on YouTube

"Our Lives" is a song by American rock band the Calling. It was released on March 29, 2004, as the lead single from their second studio album, Two (2004). This single peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, number two on the UK Rock Chart, and reached the top 20 in Denmark and Italy. It was used as the theme song to the short lived series "Clubhouse" on CBS.

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Liz Friedlander.[ citation needed ]

Track listings

UK CD1 [1]

  1. "Our Lives" – 3:56
  2. "For You" (acoustic) – 3:27
  3. "London Calling" (live) – 2:09
  4. "Our Lives" (video) – 3:50

UK CD2 and European CD single [2] [3]

  1. "Our Lives" – 3:56
  2. "London Calling" (live) – 2:09

Australian CD single [4]

  1. "Our Lives" – 3:56
  2. "For You" (acoustic) – 3:27
  3. "London Calling" (live) – 2:09

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 63
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [6] 72
Denmark (Tracklisten) [7] 17
France (SNEP) [8] 65
Germany (Official German Charts) [9] 63
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 38
Italy (FIMI) [11] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 32
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 65
Scotland (OCC) [14] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 50
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 72
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 13
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [18] 2
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [19] 25
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [20] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
Brazil (Crowley) [21] 70

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesMarch 29, 2004 Hot adult contemporary radio RCA [22]
April 19, 2004 Contemporary hit radio [23]
DenmarkMay 3, 2004CD
[24]
United KingdomMay 17, 2004 [25]

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