Live your life
| Live your life | |
|---|---|
| TI feat. Rihanna | |
| publication | September 23, 2008 |
| length | 4:01 min. (Radio version) 5:38 min. (Album version) |
| Genre (s) | Hip-hop , R&B |
| text | B. Dan Mihai, C. Harris, Makeba Riddick, J. Smith |
| music | Just Blaze & Canei Finch |
| album | Paper trail |
Live Your Life ( Eng . " Lebe Dein Leben ") is a song by the American rapper T.I. and the third single from his album Paper Trail . The song was released on September 23, 2008. The Barbadian singer Rihanna acts as a duet partner in this song . The track was produced by Just Blaze and Canei Finch and had its official premiere at the MTV Video Music Awards 2008 when TI performed the song live. Live Your Life samples O-Zone's number one hit Dragostea din tei .
In the US , the song was awarded four platinum records .
publication
The first version of the song hit the Internet on August 26, 2008. The official song was finally released on September 23, 2008.
Other versions
- Texas 4 Life - Chamillionaire
- Live Your Life Freestyle - Rick Ross
- Live Your Life Freestyle - Pitbull
- Gettin 'That Paper - Nicki Minaj feat. Busta Rhymes
- Live Yo Life - Trae
- Live Your Life - A Plea for Purging
- Live Your Life - Lil Wayne and Jay-Z
- Homeless - Rucka Rucka Ali feat. Ed Words
success
Live Your Life debuted at number 80 on the American Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending October 10, 2008 . The following week, the song jumped from number 80 to number one on the Billboard Hot-100, with both performers setting the record for the biggest jump to number one in American chart history. The following week Britney Spears broke the record when her song Womanizer jumped from 96 to number one. Live Your Life became the direct successor to Whatever You Like at number one , making TI the ninth artist ever to put his own title at number one. In total, the song was at the top of the US chart for six weeks.
In Canada , Live Your Life came in fourth. In Ireland it debuted in third place, where it became TI's most successful single to date and Rihanna's tenth top ten hit. In New Zealand , Live Your Life became a number one hit and went platinum.
Placements
| Charts (2008) | Highest position |
|---|---|
 Germany
|
12 |
 Austria
|
5 |
 Switzerland
|
8th |
 United Kingdom
|
2 |
 United States
|
1 |
Awards
| country | editor | Award | Sales figures |
|---|---|---|---|
|
United States
|
Recording Industry Association of America | 4 × platinum | 4,053,000+ |
|
United Kingdom
|
British Phonographic Industry | silver | 370,000 |
Annual charts
| 2009 annual charts | placement |
|---|---|
|
Switzerland
|
70 |
|
United Kingdom
|
137 |
|
United States
|
18th |
Decade charts
| Charts 2000-2009 | placement |
|---|---|
|
United States
|
37 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sampels from O-Zone "Dragostea Din Tei" in TI feat. Rihanna "Live Your Life" WhoSampled.com
- ↑ a b RIAA - Gold & Platinum. RIAA , accessed March 6, 2009 .
- ^ TI Breaks Own Record With Hot 100 Burst. Billboard, accessed December 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs, & The Hot 100.Billboard , October 25, 2008, accessed December 24, 2009 .
- ^ TI Replaces Himself Again Atop Hot 100.Billboard , November 6, 2008, accessed December 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Canadian Hot 100 Billboard, January 10, 2009, accessed December 24, 2009 .
- ↑ IRMA Top 50 Singles ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sales figures USA
- ↑ 2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart. Swiss Music Charts, 2009, accessed on July 16, 2010 .
- ↑ Charts Plus Year end 2009. (PDF; 391 kB) Charts Plus, accessed on July 19, 2010 .
- ↑ TI in the Hot 100 Songs (Year End). Billboard, accessed December 11, 2016 .
- ↑ The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts. Billboard , accessed April 18, 2011 .
