| Living with the Law | |
| Cover: | ChrisWhitley_LivingWithTheLaw_single_1.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Chris Whitley |
| Album: | Living with the Law |
| A-Side: | "Living with the Law" |
| B-Side: | "Phone Call from Leavenworth" "Kick the Stones" "Living with the Law (live)" "Kick the Stones (acoustic)" |
| Released: | 1991 (US) 1992 (EU) |
| Recorded: | Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Label: | Columbia in UK Sony in NL |
| Producer: | Malcolm Burn |
| Next Title: | "Big Sky Country" |
"Living with the Law" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It was the first single to be released from his 1991 début album, Living with the Law, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to No. 28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1991.
The music video (directed by Rocky Schenck) features Whitley singing and playing his 1931 National Triolian in a variety of indoor and outdoor urban environments.[1]
Michael Shrieve covered the song on his album, Fascination (2001).[2] The song has also been recorded by Robert Caruso.