You're the Reason I'm Living (song)

"You're the Reason I'm Living" is a 1963 single written and performed by Bobby Darin, from his album of the same name. Musicians on the recording session included drummer Earl Palmer.Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999

Chart performance The single was very successful spending 2 weeks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart beginning March 16, 1963. "You're the Reason I'm Living" peaked at #9 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. In Canada the song reached #11.

Cover versions Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song for 1975's "Live in Las Vegas."

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