"Life #9" is a song written by Kostas and Tony Perez, and recorded by American

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artist

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, born July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocat ...

. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from her album ''

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''. The song was her fifth single release overall, and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 8 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Content

McBride considered the song "not the kind of song, melody, attitude of whatever that I was really comfortable singing", and producer Paul Worley thought that it was "not one of isfavorites" due to it sounding like a disco song.

Music video

A music video was released for the song, directed by Steven Goldmann.

Personnel

The following musicians perform on this track: * Joe Chemay – bass guitar *

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– fiddle * Paul Franklin –

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*Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar *Anthony S. Martin – backing vocals * Brent Mason – electric guitar *

– lead and backing vocals * Steve Nathan – keyboards *

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– backing vocals *Dennis Wilson – backing vocals * Lonnie Wilson – drums * Paul Worley – acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1994 singles 1994 songs Martina McBride songs Songs written by Kostas (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Paul Worley RCA Records singles Music videos directed by Steven Goldmann {{1994-country-song-stub