You're the Reason I'm Living (song)

"You're the Reason I'm Living"
Single by Bobby Darin
from the album You're the Reason I'm Living
B-side	"Now You're Gone"
Released	December 31, 1962
Recorded	1962
Studio	Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Country pop [1]
Length	2:29
Label	Capitol
Songwriter	Bobby Darin
Producer	Nick Venet
Bobby Darin singles chronology
"I Found a New Baby" (1962) "You're the Reason I'm Living" (1962) "18 Yellow Roses" (1963)

"You're the Reason I'm Living" is a 1963 single written and performed by Bobby Darin, ^[2] from his album of the same name. Musicians on the recording session included drummer Earl Palmer. ^[3]

Chart performance

The single was very successful spending 2 weeks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart beginning March 16, 1963. "You're the Reason I'm Living" peaked at #9 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. ^[4] In Canada the song reached #11. ^[5]

Cover versions

• Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song for 1975's "Live in Las Vegas."

References

1. Burke, Ken (January 1, 1998). "Bobby Darrin". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 121–122.
2. "Cover versions of You're the Reason I'm Living by Bobby Darin | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
3. Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 145.
5. "CHUM Hit Parade - February 11, 1963".