"Rest of My Life" is a song by American hip hop recording artist

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludac ...

, featuring Usher and

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

. It was released November 2, 2012 in promotion of his ninth studio album, ''Ludaversal'', which was released on 31 March 2015.

Background

These three artists have had previous collaborations between them. Ludacris and Usher collaborated with Lil' Jon on the songs "Yeah! (Usher song), Yeah!" (heard on Usher's ''Confessions (Usher album), Confessions'' album) and "Lovers and Friends (song), Lovers and Friends" (heard on Lil' Jon's ''Crunk Juice'' album). Usher was also featured on Guetta's 2011 smash hit single "Without You (David Guetta song), Without You", on Guetta's album, ''Nothing but the Beat''. Ludacris and Guetta also collaborated with Taio Cruz on the single "Little Bad Girl", also heard on ''Nothing but the Beat''.

Composition

All three artists co-wrote the song with 112 (band), 112 member Slim, Giorgio Tuinfort, and Play-N-Skillz, while production was handled by Guetta and Tuinfort. The song's instrumental hook is similar to that of Afrojack's "Can't Stop Me".

Release

The song was released on November 2, 2012, originally as the third single from Ludacris' ninth studio album, ''Ludaversal'', but like the singles "Jingalin" and "Representin", it wasn't included on the album for unknown reasons. It was, however, featured in the movie ''Fast & Furious 6'' and Fast & Furious 6 (soundtrack), its soundtrack in which Bridges stars in. The song was heard in TV advertisements for the 2013 movie ''Battle of the Year (film), Battle of the Year''. The song was also featured on the compilation album, ''Now That's What I Call Music! 46 (U.S. series), Now That's What I Call Music! 46''.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Rest of My Life" was first released onto YouTube on 11 November 2012 at a total length of four minutes and seven seconds. Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul and duo Lipari Brothers makes an appearance in the video.

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References

{{Authority control 2012 singles Ludacris songs Songs written by Giorgio Tuinfort Songs written by Ludacris 2012 songs Def Jam Recordings singles Songs written by David Guetta Songs written by Afrojack Songs written by Usher (musician) Songs written by Slim (singer) Song recordings produced by David Guetta