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Without You (Mtley Cre song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Without You'" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Mtley Cre. It was originally released on their 1989 album, 'Dr. Feelgood'.
Background
The song features Mick Mars playing a steel guitar during the intro and the solo, a clean electric guitar arpeggio on the verses and bridge, and various licks on a distorted electric guitar throughout. In the 'Dr. Feelgood' album's liner notes, the composition is said to be about Tommy Lee's relationship with Heather Locklear.
Music video
The music video was shot at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, Texas on January 15, 1990, following Mtley Cre's Houston concert. Produced by Sharon Oreck through O Pictures and photographed by Bill Pope, "Without You" is the first of two Cre videos to be directed by Mary Lambert under the alias "Blanche White"'Greatest Video Hits', DVD, 2003 ("blanche" meaning "white" in French). Lambert's original idea for the video was "to do a motorcycle movie" but Mtley Cre objected, as they had done that before (in the music video for "Girls, Girls, Girls").'Headbangers Ball', MTV, early 1990 The final clip, which was described by Nikki Sixx as having a very "surreal" touch to it, includes various abstract images, a live jaguar (Czar from the Exotic Cat Refuge and Wildlife Orphanage in Kirbyville), a violin ensemble playing during the slide solo, and the band playing in an Ancient Egypt-fashioned scenario. Traces of Persian cultural tradition are present in the last few seconds of the studio release.
Personnel
* Vince Neil - vocals
* Mick Mars - guitar
* Nikki Sixx - bass
* Tommy Lee - drums
Chart positions
Released as the album's third single in 1990, "Without You" reached #8 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 charts in the United States, #11 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, and #39 on the UK Singles Chart.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1989 songs
Category:1990 singles
Category:Mtley Cre songs
Category:Songs written by Nikki Sixx
Category:Songs written by Mick Mars
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Rock
Category:Glam metal ballads
Category:Elektra Records singles
Category:1980s ballads
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