How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
Single by Laura Branigan
from the album Branigan 2
B-side	"Mama"
Released	July 1, 1983
Genre	Pop
Length	4:29
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Michael Bolton Doug James
Producer(s)	Jack White
Laura Branigan singles chronology
"Solitaire" (1983) "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" (1983) "Self Control" (1984)
Audio
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"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" is a song co-written in 1982 by Doug James and Michael Bolton. The track was originally recorded by Laura Branigan in 1983, charting at number one in both the US and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts. Bolton later recorded his own version of the song that topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and became a worldwide hit.

"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" was supposed to be recorded by Australian duo Air Supply, but when Arista President Clive Davis asked for permission to change the lyrics of the chorus, Bolton refused, and Davis let go of the song.^[1] Subsequently Laura Branigan recorded it as written, and it became the first major hit for the two songwriters. Bolton's own rendition became a worldwide hit in early 1990.