In This Life (Collin Raye song)

"In This Life" is a song written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music singer Collin Raye that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in July 1992 as the first single and title track from his CD In This Life.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the "control, emotion, and integrity with which Raye delivers such tender material is seldom achieved."^[1]

Chart performance

The song debuted at No. 58 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated August 1, 1992. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and became his second Number One single on the chart dated October 3, 1992, where it remained for two weeks. It also peaked at No. 21 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[2]

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[4]	21
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	43
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	22

Cover versions

The song appears on the album One Careful Owner by Michael Ball. The song appears on the album Now's the Time (4 P.M. album) by the group 4 P.M.. Bette Midler recorded the song for her album Bette of Roses. The song appears on the 1996 album N Dis Life by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and this version was covered again by Amy Hanaiali'i in her 2008 album, 'Aumakua. In 2005, Irish pop band Westlife recorded and included the song on their album, Face to Face.

Ronan Keating version

"In This Life"

Single by Ronan Keating

from the album Ronan

Released

2 December 2000

Format

3" CD single

Recorded

1999-2000

Genre

Pop

Length

3:10

Label

Polydor

Writer(s)

Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin

Producer(s)

Stephen Lipson

Ronan Keating singles chronology

"The Way You Make Me Feel"
(2000)

"In This Life"
(2000)

"Lovin' Each Day"
(2001)

Irish singer Ronan Keating covered the song for his debut solo album Ronan, released in 2000. As part of a Pepsi promotion, a 3" CD single of "In This Life" was issued in December 2000 exclusively in Tesco stores. The song failed to chart due to its ineligibility, as 3" singles are not able to chart. On October 17, 2009, Keating performed the song at the funeral of his bandmate Stephen Gately, and as such, the track entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 45 for the week of October 22, 2009.

Track listing

"In This Life" - 3:10
"Exclusive Ronan Interview" - 10:00
"CD-Rom Footage"

References

↑ Billboard, August 1, 1992
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1898." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 17, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
↑ "Collin Raye – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Collin Raye.
↑ "Collin Raye – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Collin Raye.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Love's Got a Hold on You" by Alan Jackson	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single (Collin Raye version) October 3–October 10, 1992	Succeeded by "If I Didn't Have You" by Randy Travis
Preceded by "One Time Around" by Michelle Wright	RPM Country Tracks number-one single (Collin Raye version) October 17, 1992	Succeeded by "Love's Got a Hold on You" by Alan Jackson

Collin Raye

Studio albums	All I Can Be In This Life Extremes I Think About You Christmas: The Gift The Walls Came Down Counting Sheep Tracks Can't Back Down Twenty Years and Change Never Going Back

Compilation albums	The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits

Notable singles	"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" "Love, Me" "Every Second" "In This Life" "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" "Somebody Else's Moon" "That Was a River" "That's My Story" "Little Rock" "Man of My Word" "My Kind of Girl" "If I Were You" "One Boy, One Girl" "Not That Different" "I Think About You" "Love Remains" "What If Jesus Comes Back Like That" "On the Verge" "What the Heart Wants" "Little Red Rodeo" "I Can Still Feel You" "Someone You Used to Know" "Anyone Else" "Start Over Georgia" "Couldn't Last a Moment"

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Bette Midler

"In the Mood" (1974)

Songs for the New Depression

"Strangers in the Night" (1976)

The Best of Bette

"Buckets of Rain" featuring Bob Dylan (1978)

Thighs and Whispers

"Hang On in There Baby" (1979)

The Rose

"When a Man Loves a Woman" (1980)
"The Rose" (1980)

Divine Madness

"Chapel of Love" (Live) (1980)

No Frills

Beaches

"Under the Boardwalk" (1988)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" (1989)

Some People's Lives

"From a Distance" (1990)
"Night and Day" (1991)

For the Boys

"In My Life" (1992)

Bette of Roses

"In This Life" (1995)

The First Wives Club

"You Don't Own Me" with Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton (1997)

Bathhouse Betty

"I'm Beautiful" (1999)

Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook

"White Christmas" (2004)

Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook

"Fever" (2006)

Cool Yule

"From a Distance (Christmas version)" (2006)

(Jackpot!) The Best Bette

"Wind Beneath My Wings (re-issue)" (2008)

It's the Girls!

"Be My Baby" (2014)

Other releases

Promotional singles:	"Old Cape Cod" (1976) "Big Noise from Winnetka" (1979) "Small World" (1993) "Love T.K.O." (2001)

Other songs:	"We Are the World" (1985) "I Put a Spell on You" (1993) "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" (1995) "Somewhere Along the Way" (1997) "Manhattan" (2004) "The Greatest Ears in Town" (2010)

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Ronan Keating

Studio albums	Ronan (2000) Destination (2002) Turn It On (2003) Bring You Home (2006) Fires (2012) Time of My Life (2016)

Cover albums	Songs for My Mother (2009) Winter Songs (2009) Duet (2010) When Ronan Met Burt (2011)

Compilation albums	10 Years of Hits (2004)

Singles	"These Days" (with Brian Kennedy) "When You Say Nothing at All" "Life Is a Rollercoaster" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "In This Life" "Lovin' Each Day" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "I Love It When We Do" "Je T'aime Plus Que Tout" (featuring Cécilia Cara) "We've Got Tonight" (featuring Lulu) "The Long Goodbye" "Lost for Words" "She Believes (In Me)" "Last Thing on My Mind" (featuring LeAnn Rimes) "I Hope You Dance" "Father and Son" (featuring Yusuf Islam) "Baby Can I Hold You" "All Over Again" (featuring Kate Rusby) "Iris" "This I Promise You" "Time After Time" "This Is Your Song" "Stay" "It's Only Christmas" (featuring Kate Ceberano) "Believe Again" (featuring Paulini) "What The World Needs Now" "Fires" "Wasted Light"

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