For the Rest of My Life

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"For the Rest of My Life"
For the Rest of My Life Robin Thicke.png
Single by Robin Thicke
from the album Blurred Lines
ReleasedMay 21, 2013 (2013-05-21)
Genre Soul
Length4:55
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Robin Thicke
  • ProJay
Producer(s)
  • Robin Thicke
  • ProJay
Robin Thicke singles chronology
"Blurred Lines"
(2013)
"For the Rest of My Life"
(2013)
"Give It 2 U"
(2013)
Tamar Braxton singles chronology
"She Can Have You"
(2013)
"For the Rest of My Life"
(2014)
"Let Me Know"
(2014)

"For the Rest of My Life" (also known as "4 the Rest of My Life") is a song by American R&B singer Robin Thicke from his sixth studio album Blurred Lines (2013). Written and produced by Thicke and ProJay, the song was serviced to urban adult contemporary radio as the second single from Blurred Lines on May 21, 2013.

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Remix

The official remix is a duet with R&B singer Tamar Braxton and is called "For the Rest of My Life, Pt. 2". It premiered on the Atlanta urban contemporary radio station WVEE on February 12, 2014. [1] The remix was released as a digital single on February 25, 2014. [2]

Commercial performance

"For the Rest of My Life" impacted urban adult contemporary radio in the United States on May 21, 2013 as the second single from Blurred Lines. [3] Billboard described the song as having a "more familiar R&B vibe" appealing to Thicke's core fan base, following the release of the international hit "Blurred Lines". [4] It was later released digitally to the iTunes Store on June 4, 2013. [5] "For the Rest of My Life" became Thicke's fourth number-one hit on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. [6]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [7] 82
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 42
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 25

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United States [3] May 21, 2013 Urban adult contemporary radio Star Trak Entertainment, Interscope Records
Philippines [5] June 4, 2013 Digital download

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