Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You

1989 single by Billy Newton-Davis and Celine Dion

"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"

Single by Billy Newton-Davis and Celine Dion

from the album Spellbound

Released

July 1989 (1989-07)

Genre

Pop

Length

4:16

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Dan Hill
John Parker
Steve Kipner

Producer(s)

Andy Goldmark

Billy Newton-Davis singles chronology

"I Can't Take It"
(1989)

"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
(1989)

"All I Really Need"
(1989)

Celine Dion singles chronology

"D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour"
(1988)

"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
(1989)

"(If There Was) Any Other Way"
(1990)

"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" is a song recorded as a duet between Billy Newton-Davis and Celine Dion. It was released as a single in July 1989 in Canada.^[1] The song was featured on Newton-Davis' album Spellbound. "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" was later included on Dion's Japanese maxi single "Unison" (1991). It was co-written by Dan Hill who also wrote for Dion "Seduces Me" on her 1996 album Falling into You.

Background

The "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" music video received a MuchMusic Video Award for Best MOR Video in 1990.^[2]

The song was Dion's second commercial English single after her 1985 "Listen to the Magic Man". It reached number 41 on the Canadian Singles Chart and number 12 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. In Quebec, it peaked at number 19.^[3]

Dion performed this song during her Unison Tour.

Track listing and formats

Canadian 7-inch single^[4]

"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" – 4:16
"Stop Me (Before I Dream Again)" – 3:40

Charts

Chart performance for "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
Chart (1989)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	41
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[6]	12
Quebec (ADISQ)^[7]	19

Release history

"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" release history
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Canada	July 1989	Contemporary hit radio	Columbia	^[8]
Canada	1989	7-inch	Columbia	^[8]

References

^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
^ "Celine Dion: Timeline". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ "Compilation des succès par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You (Canadian 7" single liner notes). Billy Newton-Davis. Columbia. 1989. C4-3088.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6425." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 6436." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (in French). BAnQ. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "Billy Newton-Davis and Celine Dion – Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You". Discogs. Retrieved 23 February 2017.