Tryin' to Live My Life Without You

"Trying to Live My Life Without You"
Single by Otis Clay
from the album Trying to Live My Life Without You
B-side	"Let Me Be the One"
Released	December 1972
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	2:50
Label	Hi
Songwriter(s)	Eugene Williams

"Tryin' to Live My Life Without You"
Single by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
from the album Nine Tonight
B-side	"Brave Strangers (Live)"
Released	August 25, 1981
Recorded	October 6, 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	4:04
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Eugene Williams
Producer(s)	Bob Seger, Punch Andrews
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band singles chronology
"The Horizontal Bop" (1981) "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" (1981) "Feel Like a Number" (1981)
Audio
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"Trying to Live My Life Without You" or "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" is a song written by Eugene Frank Williams, originally popularized by soul singer Otis Clay. In early 1973 it reached #102 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart. On February 17, 1973, Clay performed the song on Soul Train.^[2] It has since been covered by several other artists, most notably Bob Seger on his 1981 Nine Tonight album, Dr. Feelgood on their 1982 Fast Women & Slow Horses album, Brinsley Schwarz and at live performances by The California Honeydrops.