What's This Life For
"What's This Life For" is a song by American rock band Creed. It is the third single and ninth track off their 1997 debut album, My Own Prison. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., becoming their first #1 hit on this chart. It remained on top for six weeks.
| "What's This Life For" | ||||
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| Single by Creed | ||||
| from the album My Own Prison | ||||
| Released | June 9, 1998 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1995, The Kitchen Studio, Tallahassee, Florida and Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 4:08/ 3:30 (Radio Edit) | |||
| Label | Wind-Up | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti | |||
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Vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti wrote the song about one of their friends who had committed suicide.[1] The lyrics deal with the difficulties in finding happiness and meaning in the world. It is the only Creed song to use profanity. The first half of the word "goddamn" is censored on the 2004 Greatest Hits album. The song is also shorter than the album version on the Greatest Hits release. The song appeared in the 1998 film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.
Chart performance
| Chart (1998–99) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Alternative 30 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 10 |
References
- Derrough, Leslie Michele (17 September 2015). ""Mark Tremonti"". SongFacts. Retrieved 16 February 2017.