Living Inside Myself
| "Living Inside Myself" | ||||
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| Single by Gino Vannelli | ||||
| from the album Nightwalker | ||||
| B-side | "Stay With Me" | |||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock, blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gino Vannelli | |||
| Producer(s) | Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli | |||
| Gino Vannelli singles chronology | ||||
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| 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
The song is a continuation of the storyline begun in Quincy Jones and James Ingram’s song "Just Once". It begins on the same B major note where the former song ended. The song’s narrator, having lost his love in "Just Once", now 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
Released as a single in 1981, in his native, Canada, the song went to No. 13 on the 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" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit. It reached No. 5 in the U.S.
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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Track listing
- US 7" single
- A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23
- B. "Stay with Me" - 4:42
External links
References
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
- ^ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 246.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 602.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1981
- ^ "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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