"Life Goes On" | ||||
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Single by Poison | ||||
from the album Flesh & Blood | ||||
B-side | "Something to Believe In (Acoustic/Unmixed Version)" | |||
Released | April 21, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Genre | Glam metal [1] | |||
Length | 4:46 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall, C.C. DeVille | |||
Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
Poison singles chronology | ||||
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"Life Goes On" is a song by American glam metal band Poison. The power ballad [2] was the fourth single from their 1990 album Flesh & Blood. The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.
C.C. DeVille originally brought the song to the band, where Rikki Rockett and Bobby Dall added their input. The lyrics were written after a girlfriend of DeVille's was shot and killed in a bar fight in Palm Springs, California. The song is about trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel. [3]
"Life Goes On" is on the following albums.
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 35 |