Kris Allen – Live Like We’re Dying – Z100 Debut
Kris Allen’s new single “Live Like We’re Dying” is debuting on New York’s Z100 this morning…
Watch this space for updates…
If you missed the debut of “Live Like We’re Dying”, listen to it here:
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Verdict: Super catchy melody–toe tapping, head bouncing–the song will be stuck in my head all day. I think it’s got hit potential–it should do particularly well on Hot AC, for sure.
I like the super-wordiness of the lyrics, it adds to the pleasant rhythm of the song. The content of the lyrics not so much–a bit too cliched and preachy for me.
The song is pretty close to the original version, but it doesn’t matter. Who has actually heard the original? Script fans, maybe–but the general public won’t have a clue. These Idol first album are invariably rush jobs–there’s never time to work up unique arragements.
Congrats, Kris on your first single!
Lyrics and photos and stuff at Z100 HERE.
Lyrics after the JUMP…
Live Like We’re Dying”
Sometimes we fall down, Can’t get back up
We’re hidin’ behind skin that’s too tough
How come we dont say I love you enough
Til its too late…. its not too late
Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
But we could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all starin’ down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you what would you wish you would have done
Gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we been given
If this is all we got then we gotta start thinkin’
If every second counts on the clock thats tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dyin’
We only got 864 hundred seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say
Gotta
Live like we’re dyin’
And if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbye
Should be so careful who we let fall out of our lives
Or when we long for absolution there’ll be no one on the line
You never know a good thing til its gone
You never see a crash til its head on
Wny do we think we’re right when we’re dead wrong
You never know a good thing til its gone
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Sorry it took so long to get back to you, alaadam (I had left the building) but my understanding is that Cook’s LO started slowly and eventually picked up steam. The single went platinum and peaked at #17 on the Hot 100.
Regardless, I remember the first time I heard it on the radio (as a casual Idol observer) and my instant reaction was … ehhh, it’s kinda slow and boring.
My initial reaction to Kris’s was much more positive but then I’m probably too invested in this season to be objective.
This is a great song for Kris. He sings it well. It sounds just like Kris.
This will be a hit. I love it!!
No time to go through everyone’s comment on it. But here’s mine: It’s kick-awesome! Definitely one of the best post-idol single. It’s first of all very Kris, which is a pleasant surprise; and it’s catchy, very hum-mable but not cheesy. And it’s so positive, I just love it, lighten up my mood everytime I listen to it
YES Kris you did it! Can’t wait for the album to drop ;D
I don’t get it! Kris has said that his favorite song from the album is one he wrote called I Need to Know. Doesn’t he have any say-so in his first single? Now (abit OT) but Bucky Covington is now releasing a cover from his second album, Nickelback’s Gotta Be Somebody. What’s with all the covers when there are so many amazing songwriters out there including some of the singers themselves? I’m confused.
I also thought the first single was supposed to be an indication of the entire album. If so, I think I will be disappointed in Kris’ album, sorry.
Um, in short, no. He has little to no say. Jive will decide what to release as the first track, and I think, regardless of which one Kris likes best, that this was a smart move, because it is catchy, radio-friendly, and that is most important right now to get Kris’s name out there and move albums once it drops.
I think it’s probably very very common to have the artist’s fav track NOT be the first single, or even possibly to make it as a “radio released” single. Just my take.
As an “Adam Fan” I will say that I really think the song is catchy and has potential to become a great first single for Kris (certainly better than most Idol dreck for the first album). That said, I’m kinda looking at it objectively. I personally will prob not buy the single, or his cd, just because Kris on Idol (style wise) was just never my thing, and that kinda music is just not something I typically purchase.
However, “I” hardly matter in the bigger scheme of things
And my consensus is that, in keeping with the theme that the idols’ success lies in finding an audience BEYOND just the idol-verse, Kris’s first single has great potential to do just that – which is the best thing he could hope for (and tbh, is kinda what I expected from him – there’s a reason he won, and in part LLWD showcases that – it’s radio-friendly, middle of the road, catchy, yet a little safe, but you don’t exactly want to be daring and risk-taking on your first single off of idol, anyways.)
I have to say, I don’t think that’s the point. Why should his favorite song necessarily have to be the single? Maybe it’s not the type of song that would be a good marketing choice for a first single — or for a single at all. Not every song on an album should be marketed as a single. He didn’t say it was the best song on the album, even, he just said it was his favorite, and the reasons might be completely personal.
I finally listened to this – well, most of it, this morning. I think he’ll do great with it. Anyone who liked Kris on Idol will probably like this, and it will easily find a wider audience.
Personally, I just don’t enjoy the sound of Kris’ voice. Give him a song with a lot of words, and that’s a whole lot of his voice to listen to. I like the song, musically, and the way the chorus is mixed should be just right to get him Top 40 radio play. Lyrically, the song kind of makes me groan out loud, but that’s not his fault. Props to The Script for writing a catchy song and to Kris and his people for recognizing what a good fit it is for him.
No. That’s the label’s decision. With good reason. The artist isn’t always in the best position to know which song would do well as a single.
So nobody else thinks the whole Kris/Script association is a little hinky?
He’s given a song written by them to sell, and they’re headlining a show he is playing in Cincy where one would think Kris would get higher billing as the reigning American Idol. They are going to be touring with David Cook. The Script are a RCA band that has played with U2 and McCartney, and they seem on the verge of breaking big here in the US. Looks like somebody is getting promoted here and it might not be Kris.
And he was given this song back in May?
That’s some pre-planning.
It’s just all a little weird.
American Idol is a promotional tool for RCA assets. I don’t think anything you’ve described is anything but business as usual for them.