Live Like You Were Dying
Live Like You Were Dying is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on August 24, 2004, by Curb Records and was recorded in a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. It entered the "Billboard" 200 chart at number one, with sales of 766,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified 4 x Platinum by the RIAA for shipping four million copies, and was nominated for two Grammies in 2005 for Best Country Vocal Performance Male and Best Country Album, winning for Best Country Vocal Performance . Five singles were released from the album, all were top 15 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, two of which hit #1. Content. The title track was the first single from the album. The song peaked at number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart, held it for seven weeks, and peaked at number 29 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. The music video for the title track prominently featured McGraw's father, former baseball player Tug McGraw, who had died of brain cancer. This song was  also the number one country song of 2004 according to Billboard Year-End. The next single from this album is "Back When", which also reached #1 on "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart. The third single, "Drugs or Jesus" peaked at #14, making it the first McGraw single since 1993 not to reach the country Top 10 (not counting "Tiny Dancer"). "Do You Want Fries with That" was the fourth single and peaked at #5, and the fifth and final single, "My Old Friend", peaked at #6. "How Bad Do You Want It" was featured as the theme song to CMT 's Trick My Truck. "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" was previously recorded by Travis Tritt on his 2002 album "Strong Enough". Personnel. Tim McGraw & The Dance Hall Doctors Background vocals Strings on tracks 5, 6, 11 & 15 Production. Studios Chart positions. Live Like You Were Dying debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at # 1, his third #1 album, and on the Top Country Albums number-one album, his seventh album at #1.