"Livin' Right" is a song by American musician and singer-songwriter

Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don ...

, a former member of the

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. It was released as a single from his third solo studio album '' Soul Searchin''' in 1989. The single features the track " Soul Searchin'" as the B-side, which was also released as a single from the album, before "Livin' Right".

Background

In the liner notes to the original album, Glenn Frey wrote of the song, "My anthem to fitness. Jack empchinand I both started working out, eating right and generally tightening up our acts. Having tried nearly every other way to feel good, we've wound up back in gym class. Who'd of thunk it!"

Chart performance

Unlike the other singles from the album, it was not as successful as it reached a poor peak position of No. 90 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but it charted at No. 22 on the

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Personnel

– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion, arrangements *

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– keyboards, arrangements *

Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Da ...

– drums * Steve Forman – percussion * The Heart Attack Horns – horns * Bill Bergman – saxophone solo * Greg Smith – horn arrangements

References

External links

* 1989 singles Glenn Frey songs MCA Records singles Songs written by Jack Tempchin Songs written by Glenn Frey 1988 songs {{1980s-single-stub