Love Will Keep Us Alive - wikipedia Love Will Keep Us Alive `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' Single by Eagles from the album Hell Freezes Over Released November 1994 Genre Soft rock Length 4 : 02 Label Geffen Records The Eagles Recording Company II Songwriter ( s ) Jim Capaldi Paul Carrack Peter Vale Producer ( s ) Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, Rob Jacobs Eagles singles chronology `` Get Over It '' ( 1994 ) `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' ( 1994 ) `` Learn to Be Still '' ( 1994 ) `` Get Over It '' ( 1994 ) `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' ( 1994 ) `` Learn to Be Still '' ( 1994 ) `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' is a song written by Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, and Peter Vale, and produced by the Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, and Rob Jacobs. It was first performed by the Eagles in 1994, during their `` Hell Freezes Over '' reunion tour, with lead vocals by bassist Timothy B. Schmit. Although the song was never formally released as a single in the US, and thus was not eligible to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100 under the rules then in place, it spent three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in early 1995 and reached number 22 on Billboard 's Hot 100 Airplay chart. In the United Kingdom, `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' was issued as a single and peaked at number 52 on the UK Singles Chart. Aside from being on the album Hell Freezes Over, the song appears on the Eagles ' box set, Selected Works 1972 - 1999 and the 2003 compilation album, The Very Best Of. Paul Carrack recorded the song for his 1996 album, Blue Views ; it also featured on his 2006 compilation album, Greatest Hits - The Story So Far. In 2011, Paul Carrack and Timothy B. Schmit recorded the song in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and released it in the UK on the Carrack label. Contents 1 Background 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3.1 Year - end charts 4 Cover versions 5 References 6 External links Background According to the liner notes that accompanied their 2003 greatest hits CD, this song was written when Carrack, Capaldi, and Schmit were planning to form a band with Don Felder and Max Carl during the late eighties or early nineties. The band had the working name of Malibu Men 's Choir. This never materialized, so Schmit proposed the song for the Eagles ' reunion album. According to Felder, they sent demo tapes to the Eagles manager, Irving Azoff, who rejected it as not good enough. Felder thought it ironic that the Eagles would later record one of those rejected songs. Personnel Glenn Frey - harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar Don Henley - harmony and backing vocals, drums Don Felder - harmony and backing vocals, slide guitar Joe Walsh - harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar Timothy B. Schmit - lead vocals, bass guitar Charts Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 64 Cover versions `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' was also recorded by Capaldi and Dave Mason on their 40,000 Headman tour and live album, and by Carrack ( duet with Lindsay Dracass ) on his 2007 album Old, New, Borrowed and Blue. The song was covered by Canadian - Australian singer Wendy Matthews in 1995 as `` Love Will Keep Me Alive '' as a track from the album The Witness Tree ( 1994 ). Terry Lin also covered this song on his 1999 compilation Love Singles. References Jump up ^ Hyatt, Wesley ( 1999 ). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ `` Chartstats.com Is For Sale ''. www.chartstats.com. Jump up ^ `` Paul Carrack - A Different Hat ''. Allmusic. Retrieved May 18, 2018. Jump up ^ Crowe, Cameron ( August 2003 ). `` Conversations with Don Henley and Glenn Frey ''. The Uncool. Retrieved April 8, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Don Felder Talks Eagles Gear, `` Hotel California '' and His Slide Guitar Influences ``. Jump up ^ Don Felder and Wendy Holden, Heaven and Hell : My Life with the Eagles ( 1974 -- 2001 ). John Wiley and Sons, 2008, 235. Jump up ^ Felder and Holden, 252. Jump up ^ `` RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995 ''. RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Love Will Keeps Us Alive ( Live ) - 林志炫 _ 无损 下载 _ 百度 云 网 盘 _ 91flac.com 无损 音乐 网 ''. www.91flac.com. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Eagles Don Henley Timothy B. Schmit Joe Walsh Glenn Frey Bernie Leadon Randy Meisner Don Felder Studio albums Eagles Desperado On the Border One of These Nights Hotel California The Long Run Long Road Out of Eden Compilation albums Their Greatest Hits ( 1971 -- 1975 ) Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Very Best of the Eagles Selected Works : 1972 -- 1999 The Very Best Of Eagles Live releases Eagles Live Hell Freezes Over Farewell 1 Tour : Live from Melbourne Singles `` Take It Easy '' `` Witchy Woman '' `` Peaceful Easy Feeling '' `` Tequila Sunrise '' `` Outlaw Man '' `` Already Gone '' `` James Dean '' `` Best of My Love '' `` One of These Nights '' `` Lyin ' Eyes '' `` Take It to the Limit '' `` New Kid in Town '' `` Hotel California '' `` Life in the Fast Lane '' `` Please Come Home for Christmas '' `` Heartache Tonight '' `` The Long Run '' `` I Ca n't Tell You Why '' `` Seven Bridges Road '' `` Get Over It '' `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' `` Hole in the World '' `` How Long '' `` Busy Being Fabulous '' Other songs `` Desperado '' `` Ol ' ' 55 '' `` The Last Resort '' `` In the City '' Tours Long Road Out of Eden Tour History of the Eagles Tour Related Discography Poco Linda Ronstadt Flying Burrito Brothers Common Thread : The Songs of the Eagles History of the Eagles Heaven and Hell : My Life in the Eagles ( 1974 -- 2001 ) Book Paul Carrack Studio albums Nightbird ( 1980 ) Suburban Voodoo ( 1982 ) One Good Reason ( 1987 ) Groove Approved ( 1989 ) Blue Views ( 1996 ) Beautiful World ( 1997 ) Satisfy My Soul ( 2000 ) Groovin ' ( 2001 ) It Ai n't Over ( 2003 ) Winter Wonderland ( a.k.a. A Soulful Christmas ) ( 2005 ) Old, New, Borrowed and Blue ( 2007 ) I Know That Name ( 2008 ) A Different Hat ( 2010 ) Good Feeling ( 2012 ) Rain or Shine ( 2013 ) Soul Shadows ( 2016 ) These Days ( 2018 ) Songs `` When You Walk in the Room '' `` Do n't Shed a Tear '' `` Button Off My Shirt '' `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' Related articles Discography Ace Squeeze Mike + the Mechanics Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Will_Keep_Us_Alive&oldid=851109613 '' Categories : 1994 singles Eagles ( band ) songs Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Songs written by Jim Capaldi Paul Carrack songs Rock ballads Songs written by Peter Vale 1994 songs Geffen Records singles Songs written by Paul Carrack Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Português Edit links This page was last edited on 20 July 2018, at 04 : 09 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote love will keep us alive by the eagles
Answer: Jim Capaldi