You're the Reason I'm Living explained

You're the Reason I'm Living
Type:	single
Artist:	Bobby Darin
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
Producer:	Nick Venet
Prev Title:	I Found a New Baby
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	18 Yellow Roses
Next Year:	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."

Notes and References

1. Book: Burke, Ken. Bobby Darrin. Knopper. Steve. January 1, 1998. MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. Detroit. 121–122.
2. Web site: 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. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 145.
5. Web site: CHUM Hit Parade - February 11, 1963.