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I Want to Live (Josh Gracin song)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = I Want To Live
| cover = Gracin Want to Live single.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Josh Gracin
| album = Josh Gracin
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| genre = Country
| length = (radio edit)
(album version)
| label = Lyric Street
| writer = Brett James
Rivers Rutherford
| producer = Marty Williams
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| next_title = Nothin' to Lose
| next_year = 2004
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"'I Want to Live'" is a debut song written by Brett James and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music singer Josh Gracin. It was released in March 2004 as the first single from his debut album 'Josh Gracin'. The song peaked at number 4 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in mid-2004. It also peaked on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 at number 57.
Content
A mid-tempo ballad, "I Want to Live" centralizes on a character who, upon realizing that his life has been unsatisfactory, decides that he wants to change to "take everything that this world has to give".
The song's opening electric guitar riff is based on the Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir". A fiddle-and-drum fadeout was omitted from the radio edit of "I Want to Live".
Music video
Directed by Brent Hedgecock, the video shows Gracin hanging out with his friends at a karaoke bar when his friends ask him to go up and sing. As he's singing, Josh is placed in areas that come from the backgrounds that are playing behind him as he's singing. The video premiered on CMT in mid-2004.
Chart performance
"I Want to Live" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 13, 2004.
Year-end charts
References
Category:Josh Gracin songs
Category:2004 debut singles
Category:2004 songs
Category:Songs written by Brett James
Category:Songs written by Rivers Rutherford
Category:Lyric Street Records singles
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