"Live Forever" is a song by the English singer and songwriter Liam Payne featuring American DJ trio Cheat Codes for Payne's debut studio album. It is the seventh and final single from his debut studio album LP1 (2019). The song accompanied the album's release on 6 December 2019.
Composition "Live Forever" was written by Samuel Preston, Evan Kidd Bogart, Matthew Ellifrtitz, Kevin Pederson, Trevor Dahl, and Sylvester Sivertsen, while production was handled by Matthew Elifritz, Kevin Pederson, Trevor Dahl and Silvertsen. According to Preston, the song was inspired by a near fatal accident he suffered in Denmark after falling off a second floor balcony when intoxicated on champagne and sleeping pills. The song has been described as a romantic track that finds Payne singing about how "the person he loves makes him want to 'live forever'." Musically, the track is an EDM-pop and dance song. It was written in the key of E minor and has a tempo of 85 BPM.
Live performances Payne performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He also performed the song on The Today Show.
Music video The Similar But Different-directed music video accompanied the song's release. It was filmed on the Isle of Wight and shows Payne levitating near crashing waves and exploring seaside caves, as well as stunt driving with Cheat Codes.
Track listing
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.
Liam Payne – vocals Trevor Dahl – production Sly – songwriting, production, keyboards Sam Preston – songwriting, backing vocals E. Kidd Bogart – songwriting Oscar Sebastian Enroth – guitar Tobias Ring – guitar John Hanes – engineering, studio personnel Serban Ghenea – mixing, studio personnel Randy Merrill – mastering, studio personnel
Charts Chart (2020) Peakposition
Release history Region Date Format Version Label Various 6 December 2019 Original Capitol Australia Contemporary hit radio Italy 10 January 2020 Universal United Kingdom 18 January 2020 Adult contemporary radio Capitol Various 6 February 2020Remixes
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