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Yearwood's single on the country charts quickly climbed all the way to number 2. “How Do I Live” – Now.
Instead, radio stations, newspapers and even the Grammy Awards went to battle for them. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Then I’m in Europe and I start to hear that (the Rimes version) has been released to radio.
Despite the debacle, both Rimes and Yearwood regularly perform the song in their concerts, with Rimes even releasing a …
It was also performed by Trisha Yearwood, and … Rimes' version ranked at number 4 on Billboard's All Time Top 100 in 2008. Then I’m in Europe and I start to hear that (the Rimes version) has been released to radio. The Texas teen’s single moved more than three million units in just a matter of months, and its 69-week run on Still, Yearwood’s version held its own, selling more than two million copies and trumping Rimes on the country charts by leaps and bounds. Rimes' version spent 11 weeks atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
You may have to jog your memory, but do you remember what happened on May 27, 1997?Yearwood’s version was used in the 1997 film’s final scene when Cage’s character finally reunites with his wife and daughter.Billboard Hot 100's biggest hits of all-time, according to the magazine:Yearwood’s version peaked at number 23 on the Hot 100 chart, but had much more success on the Hot Country Songs chart, climbing all the way to number two.Not only did the two singers release the same song on the same day, they were both nominated for the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy for their respective versions of “How Do I Live.” It was the very first time in the Recording Academy’s history that two different artists were nominated for the same song.Rimes performed the song at the ceremony, but didn’t win the Grammy.To make things extra awkward, the award both of them were up for was given out right after Rimes’ performance – and it went to Yearwood.It would have been easy for Yearwood and Rimes to start a catfight the day their songs were released in May, but both took the high road with each other, even praising each other’s talents.“I would not have chosen to go up against LeAnn Rimes,” Yearwood said in a September 1997 interview with the “The Nashville rule is, if somebody has a song on hold, you don’t record it. When the All Time chart was retabulated for the chart's 55th anniversary in 2013, it remained in the same position, being the most successful single by a female artist in the list. In the end, Yearwood saw it as a positive – Rimes had record-breaking success with it in the pop world, while Yearwood’s did well in the country genre.Despite the debacle, both Rimes and Yearwood regularly perform the song in their concerts, with Rimes even releasing a reimagined version in 2018.And watch Yearwood perform it at a show at Yankee stadium in 2016 below. “There’s this kind of gentlemen’s agreement that if somebody has it, you don’t mess with it. But in this case, I didn’t think she had any kind of permission to do that, so I wasn’t worried about it.
Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live (Letra e música para ouvir) - How do I / Get through one night without you / If I had to live without you / What kind of life would that be / … Then our version comes out, and it’s like it becomes this big battle between record labels.”Watch Yearwood perform “How Do I Live” on the Grand Ole Opry below. 2020 Classic Country Music
Then our version comes out, and it’s like it becomes this big battle between record labels.”While Yearwood was in Europe, she heard Rimes filmed a video for the songBoth singers were “horrified” that radio stations were playing both songs and pitting them against each other by asking listeners to call in and vote for one. Radio stations put listeners on the air to bash one version over the other (while several deejays also created “duets” by mashing the cuts). “I would not have chosen to go up against LeAnn Rimes,” she “The Nashville rule is, if somebody has a song on hold, you don’t record it,” she reasoned. Subscribe now for more from the authority on music, entertainment, politics and pop culture.Sign up for our newsletter and go inside the world of music, culture and entertainment.Both women were up for a 1998 award for their different versions of “How Do I Live”It was one of the most awkward moments in all of country music history, created — and then resurrected — some 2,000 miles away from Nashville, in Hollywood. When Wilbur Rimes (LeAnn's father and then manager) heard of the release, her version was quickly released to Rimes' version was released on a CD and cassette tape single, with the original rendition of the song plus an extended version, the latter of which was later re-issued on Rimes' Both the Rimes and the Yearwood versions debuted on the US Trisha Yearwood's version was moving quickly up the charts, getting as high as number 23, when MCA refused to issue any more copies of the single, for fear of cannibalizing album sales.
In the end, Yearwood saw it as a positive – Rimes had record-breaking success with it in the pop world, while Yearwood’s did well in the country genre.