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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Living Inside Myself
| name = Living Inside Myself
| Cover = Living_Inside_Myself_-_Gino_Vannelli.jpg
| cover = Living_Inside_Myself_-_Gino_Vannelli.jpg
| Artist = [[Gino Vannelli]]
| alt =
| type = single
| Album = [[Nightwalker (Gino Vannelli album)|Nightwalker]]
| B-side = "Stay With Me"
| artist = [[Gino Vannelli]]
| Released = March 1981
| album = [[Nightwalker (album)|Nightwalker]]
| B-side = Stay With Me
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]]
| Recorded = 1980
| released = March 1981
| recorded = 1980
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| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[soft rock]], [[blue-eyed soul]]
| Length = 4:23
| studio =
| Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| venue =
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Soft rock]]|[[blue-eyed soul]]}}
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| Writer = Gino Vannelli
| length = 4:23
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| Producer = Gino Vannelli, [[Joe Vannelli]], Ross Vannelli
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
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| Last single = "The River Must Flow"<br />(1979)
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| writer = Gino Vannelli
| This single = "'''Living Inside Myself'''"<br />(1981)
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| producer = {{hlist|Gino Vannelli|[[Joe Vannelli]]|Ross Vannelli}}
| Next single = "Nightwalker"<br />(1981)
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| prev_title = The River Must Flow
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Nightwalker
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|g2-wE-J91JU|"Living Inside Myself"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Living Inside Myself'''" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter [[Gino Vannelli]]. It appears on his seventh album, ''[[Nightwalker (Gino Vannelli album)|Nightwalker]]''. The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe, and Ross Vannelli, and written by Gino.
"'''Living Inside Myself'''" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Gino Vannelli]]. It appears on his seventh album, ''[[Nightwalker (album)|Nightwalker]]''. The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe, and Ross Vannelli.


==Premise and composition==
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Released as a single in 1981, the song was his second top ten hit in the U.S. during the spring and summer of 1981, peaking at No. 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302857/gino-vannelli/chart |title=Gino Vannelli - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> In Canada, the song peaked at No. 13.
In terms of the storyline, the song's narrator finds himself living inside both himself and "this [[hell]]" without his former love. The main frame of the song is in B major, while the chorus progresses from A major to D flat.

"Living Inside Myself" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit. It reached No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 2 in Canada.<ref>[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0339&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0339.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0339 ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981]</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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Released as a single in 1981 in his native Canada, the song went to No. 13 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles chart and No. 2 on Canada's Adult Contemporary chart.<ref>[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0339&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0339.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0339 ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981]</ref> and was his second top ten hit in the U.S. during the spring and summer of 1981, peaking at No. 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302857/gino-vannelli/chart |title=Gino Vannelli - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> "Living Inside Myself" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.

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===Weekly singles charts===
===Weekly singles charts===
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!align="left"|Peak<br />position
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| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]] |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles
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|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0352.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 Singles - June 20, 1981}}</ref>
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{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|6|artist=Gino Vannelli}}
|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
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{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|5|artist=Gino Vannelli}}
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=246}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|5
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{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|45|artist=Gino Vannelli}}
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|U.S. [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810530.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981]</ref>
|-
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|U.S. [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810530.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981 |access-date=December 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603155251/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810530.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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!align="left"|Chart (1981)
!align="left"|Chart (1981)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
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|Canada ''RPM''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4689.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles of 1981 - December 26, 1981}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|85
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|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1981.htm ''Billboard'' Top 100 Songs of 1981]</ref>
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1981.htm ''Billboard'' Top 100 Songs of 1981]</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|34
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|U.S. ''Cash Box'' <ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981]</ref>
|U.S. ''Cash Box''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html |title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981 |access-date=December 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022115158/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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;US 7" single
;US 7" single
:A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23
:A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23
:B. "Stay With Me" - 4:42
:B. "Stay with Me" - 4:42

==External links==
* {{YouTube|kV25xS6ZXoU|Listen to "Living Inside Myself"}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:43, 12 December 2024

"Living Inside Myself"
Single by Gino Vannelli
from the album Nightwalker
B-side"Stay With Me"
ReleasedMarch 1981
Recorded1980
Genre
Length4:23
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Gino Vannelli
Producer(s)
Gino Vannelli singles chronology
"The River Must Flow"
(1979) 		"Living Inside Myself"
(1981) 		"Nightwalker"
(1981)
Music video
"Living Inside Myself" on YouTube

"Living Inside Myself" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli. It appears on his seventh album, Nightwalker. The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe, and Ross Vannelli.

Premise and composition

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In terms of the storyline, the song's narrator finds himself living inside both himself and "this hell" without his former love. The main frame of the song is in B major, while the chorus progresses from A major to D flat.

Chart performance

[edit]

Released as a single in 1981 in his native Canada, the song went to No. 13 on the RPM Top Singles chart and No. 2 on Canada's Adult Contemporary chart.[1] and was his second top ten hit in the U.S. during the spring and summer of 1981, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] "Living Inside Myself" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.

Track listing

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US 7" single
A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23
B. "Stay with Me" - 4:42
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References

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  1. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
  2. ^ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 50 Singles - June 20, 1981" (PDF).
  5. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
  6. ^ "Gino Vannelli Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Gino Vannelli Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Gino Vannelli Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  10. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of 1981 - December 26, 1981" (PDF).
  11. ^ Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1981
  12. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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