All Your Life Explained

All Your Life
Cover:The Band Perry – All Your Life.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Band Perry
Album:The Band Perry
Genre:Country
Label:Republic Nashville
Producer:Nathan Chapman
Prev Title:You Lie
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Postcard from Paris
Next Year:2012

"All Your Life" is a song written by Brian and Clara Henningsen, and recorded by American country music group The Band Perry. It was released in August 2011 as the fourth single from the band's self-titled debut album.

Content

In "All Your Life", the female narrator sings that she wants to be "the only girl you love all your life". The song is in cut time and the key of A major,[1] with a main chord pattern of A-E-D2.[2]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song two and a half stars out of five, saying that it "sounds like a song a dozen different artists could have cut."[3] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four and a half stars of five, writing that the song "sets itself a little left of center with interesting imagery" and is "easily one of the most euphonious songs [he's] come across in a long time."[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by David McClister and premiered in August 2011.[5]

Chart performance and certifications

"All Your Life" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 13, 2011.[6] On February 18, 2012, it became the trio's second number one single.[7] It debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Certifications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brian. Henningsen. Clara. Henningsen. Perry. The Band. 2011-11-14. All Your Life. 2021-05-27. Musicnotes.com.
  2. Web site: 'All Your Life' sheet music. MusicNotes.com. March 21, 2012.
  3. News: Dukes. Billy. The Band Perry, 'All Your Life' – Song Review. October 21, 2011. Taste of Country. July 25, 2011.
  4. News: Peacock. Bobby. The Band Perry – "All Your Life". October 21, 2011. Roughstock. September 1, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509040901/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/the-band-perry-all-your-life-single-review. May 9, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  5. Web site: CMT : Videos : The Band Perry : All Your Life. https://web.archive.org/web/20110924070141/http://www.cmt.com/videos/the-band-perry/681143/all-your-life.jhtml. dead. September 24, 2011. Country Music Television. October 21, 2011.
  6. News: Morris. Edward. Eric Church's Chief Captures Billboard's Country and All-Formats Charts. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104035103/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1668550/eric-churchs-chief-captures-billboards-country-and-all-formats-charts.jhtml. dead. November 4, 2012. October 21, 2011. Country Music Television. August 6, 2011.
  7. News: Trust. Gary. George Strait Scores 85th Country Songs Top 10. February 7, 2012. Billboard. February 6, 2012.
  8. Best of 2011: Country Songs . . . 2011 . December 10, 2011.
  9. Best of 2012: Country Songs . . . 2012 . December 14, 2012.
  10. Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs. Billboard. February 3, 2020.