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Living Inside Myself

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"Living Inside Myself"
Single by Gino Vannelli
from the album Nightwalker
B-side"Stay With Me"
ReleasedMarch 1981
Recorded1980
Genre
Length4:23
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Gino Vannelli
Producer(s)
Gino Vannelli singles chronology
"The River Must Flow"
(1979)
"Living Inside Myself"
(1981)
"Nightwalker"
(1981)
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

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In terms of the storyline, the song's narrator 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

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Released as a single in 1981 in his native Canada, the song went to No. 13 on the RPM 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" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.

Track listing

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US 7" single
A. "Living Inside Myself" - 4:23
B. "Stay with Me" - 4:42
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References

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  1. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
  2. ^ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 50 Singles - June 20, 1981" (PDF).
  5. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 30, 1981
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 246.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 602.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  9. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of 1981 - December 26, 1981" (PDF).
  10. ^ Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1981
  11. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2017.