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Michael BOLTON: How Am I Supposed to Live Without You [Watch out for the killer live version of “”That what love is all about”” (Live)]

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE
FOREVER EYES [unreleased]
DOCK OF THE BAY [edit]
WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT [live] – 12″” UK COLUMBIA – 655397 6

MICHAEL BOLTON How Am I Supposed To Live Without You (1990 UK 4-track 12″” vinyl single featuring Forever Eyes, Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay and That What Love Is All About – live, picture sleeve).

Track listing:
1. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You 4:48
2. Forever Eyes 4:23
3. (Sittin’ On) Th Dock Of The Bay – 7″” Version 4:56
4. That’s What Love Is All About – Live 4:23

‘How am I supposed to live without you’ was originally recorded in 1983 by Laura Branigan. The song was written by Michael Bolton. He wrote several songs for various artists, during a gap of seven years in which he didn’t release records of his own. His first two albums, ‘Michael Bolton’ (1975) and ‘Everyday of my life’ (1976) had failed to chart, but after he wrote some hit singles for others, his own career started once more from 1983 onwards.

In 1989, he released the album “Soul provider’, on which he recorded ‘How am I supposed to live without you’ himself. It turned out to be a good choice: it was his first international hit, peaking at number 3 in the Dutch Top 40 and the UK singles chart. From then on, he remained popular in various countries for inexplicable reasons: these days I find his voice particularly grating.”

Michael Bolton version
“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”
Released October 1989
Genre Soft rock
Songwriter(s)
Michael Bolton, Doug James
Producer(s) Michael Omartian

“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” on YouTube
Michael Bolton recorded a version of the song for his sixth studio album, Soul Provider (1989). The single reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts and also won Bolton a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The release marked a turning point in Bolton’s career. After years of being primarily known as a songwriter,  the single got him recognition as a performer and made him a certified superstar.

Chart performance
The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1989. It slowly climbed the chart and by mid-January became the first new number one single of the 1990s.

Music video
Philip Rose and Greg Gold directed the song’s music video.[16] The beginning of the video shows Bolton performing the selection whilst he is sitting in his living room, and small bits of story about his and his girlfriend’s relationship are told through fade-outs. As he is about to leave the apartment, already having packed his suitcases, he thinks of her and the time they spent together and seemingly decides against the decision; he then cuddles with his girlfriend. It is revealed, the next night, that he plans to give her a bracelet, which he quickly hides as he reads a newspaper before she enters the room. She surprises him with breakfast and they cuddle again. Later on, the two have a fight about something and she storms out of the apartment, and Bolton visibly feels guilty.