^ 'Eagles Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)'.

^ 'Eagles Chart History (Adult Contemporary)'.^ Don Felder and Wendy Holden, Heaven and Hell: My Life with the Eagles (1974–2001).^ 'Don Felder Talks Eagles Gear, 'Hotel California' and His Slide Guitar Influences'.'Conversations with Don Henley and Glenn Frey'. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1995.Terry Lin also covered this song on his 1999 compilation Love Singles. 'Love Will Keep Us Alive' was 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. 'God Watch Over You' (Wash Over You Mix) - 7:04.The song peaked at number 68 on the ARIA Charts in April 1995 Schmit – lead vocals, bass guitarĪustralian recording artist Wendy Matthews released a version of the song in January 1995, retitled as 'Love Will Keep Me Alive' as the second single from her third studio album, The Witness Tree. Joe Walsh – harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar.Don Felder – harmony and backing vocals, slide guitar.Don Henley – harmony and backing vocals, drums.Glenn Frey – harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar.Felder thought that it was ironic that the Eagles would later record one of those rejected songs. According to Felder, they sent demo tapes to the Eagles manager, Irving Azoff, who rejected it as not good enough. This never materialized, so Schmit proposed the song for the Eagles' reunion album. The band had the working name of Malibu Men's Choir. Background Īccording 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 new rock band with Don Felder and Max Carl during the late eighties or early nineties. Schmit recorded the song in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and released it in the UK on the Carrack label.

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. The song was nominated at the 38th Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.Īside from being on the album Hell Freezes Over, the song appears on the Eagles' box set Selected Works: 1972–1999 and their 2003 compilation album, The Very Best Of. In the United Kingdom, 'Love Will Keep Us Alive' was issued as a single and peaked at number 52 on the UK Singles Chart. This is the last single to feature Don Felder, who was terminated from the band in 2001.Īlthough 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 one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in early 1995 and reached number 22 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart. It was first performed by the Eagles in 1994, during their Hell Freezes Over reunion tour, with lead vocals by bassist Timothy B. ' 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.

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