Life After You (Daughtry song)

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"Life After You"
Los Angeles, California)
GenrePop rock
Length3:27
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Howard Benson
Daughtry singles chronology
"No Surprise"
(2009) 		"Life After You"
(2009) 		"September"
(2010)

"Life After You" is a song by American rock band

Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure
.

Background

Chad Kroeger offered "Life After You" to Chris Daughtry while he was still on tour with Bon Jovi.[2] Daughtry was not sure if the song suited the band, but a year later, unable to get the song out of his head, he wrote the bridge for the song.[2] It was included in his album Leave This Town and was released as the second single from the album.

Promotion

The band performed the song live at the

Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure
.

Chart performance

"Life After You" debuted at number 66 on the

Adult Pop Songs (formerly known as the Adult Top 40), making it the band's seventh consecutive top-10 hit there. It spent a total of 62 weeks at number one on the Rock Digital Songs chart, making it the longest song at number one, beating their own record of 23 weeks set with "It's Not Over".[3] The single had sold 890,000 digital downloads as of January 2011.[4]
It also ranked number 96 in the 2010 year-end chart. On the Billboard Hot 100, Daughtry obtained their seventh top-40 single with this song.

On the issue dated February 27, 2010, "Life After You" became the group's seventh top-40 hit on the Canadian Hot 100, peaking at number 39, later rising to 34.

Music video

Daughtry released the music video for "Life After You" on October 15, 2009.[5]

Summary

The video begins with Chris in a hotel room trying to call his wife who does not pick up. He then leaves the hotel and gets on a bus and soon winds up in a bar. He then gets up and goes into the back to a warehouse where the rest of the band is waiting for him and they start performing. He then sees his wife and he celebrates with the other members. He is then seen talking with her on the phone and after he hangs up, he and the band go onto the stage where the audience is waiting. His wife's face is never shown.

Track listing

  1. "Life After You" – 3:26
  2. "Life After You" (acoustic) – 3:32

Charts

References

  1. ^ Life After You Songfacts
  2. ^ a b Fred Bronson (March 5, 2013). "Top 100 'American Idol' Hits of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Home". daughtryofficial.com.
  4. ^ Idol Chatter 01-19-2011
  5. ^ ""MyPlay Embed Scalable Single Title"".
  6. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  11. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  12. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  13. ^ "Daughtry Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  14. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: 2010 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  15. ^ "Hot 100 Songs: 2010 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  16. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs: 2010 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  17. ^ "Adult Pop Songs: 2010 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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