Love of a Lifetime (FireHouse song)

"Love of a Lifetime" is a song performed by the American rock band FireHouse. It was the band's third single and its highest charting single in the United States, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1991. It is also the band's first and most popular power ballad. The song was written by vocalist C.J. Snare and guitarist Bill Leverty.[1]

"Love of a Lifetime"
Single by FireHouse
from the album FireHouse
B-side
ReleasedJuly 1991 (1991-07)
Format
Recorded1990
Genre
Length4:46
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • David Prater
  • Bruce Dickinsom
FireHouse singles chronology
"Don't Treat Me Bad"
(1991)		 "Love of a Lifetime"
(1991)		 "All She Wrote"
(1991)

The song is arguably what FireHouse is most known for, and has been used as a first dance song at countless weddings since its release. In a 2005 interview, Snare commented "now I have the benefit of time to look back over this and there isn't a show that goes by where people don't come up to us and are like "'Love of a Lifetime' - we got married to that song!"[2]

Origin

The song was written by C.J. Snare; he wrote it while playing solo gigs at a Holiday Inn. When the band brought the demos for their first album to Epic Records, the label felt that the album needed a stronger ballad. Snare said "I remember raising my hand sheepishly and saying 'Well, I have a song...,' so we played it for them and they absolutely loved it and it did become a big hit."[2]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1991-1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 15
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 30
US Billboard Hot 100 5

Year-end charts
Chart (1991) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 43

Cover versions

The project Collage recorded the song in 1998 and released it as a single. It peaked at No. 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart[5] and was the last single released by the project.

Country singer Katie Armiger, who was coincidentally born in 1991, recorded a cover version on her eponymous first album in 2007, but did not release it as a single.

References
  1. "Firehouse – Love Of A Lifetime | 90's Rock Videos". 90srockvideos.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  2. "C.J. Snare Interview with RockEyez". 2005 Rock Eyez. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 103.
  4. "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  5. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1998-11-21. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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