Love of a Lifetime (FireHouse song)

"Love of a Lifetime" is a song performed by the American rock band FireHouse. It was the band's third single and its highest charting single in the United States, entering the Billboard Hot 100 June 29, 1991 at No. 81 and peaking at No. 5 the week of September 28, 1991. It is also the band's first and most popular power ballad. The song was written by vocalist C. J. Snare and guitarist Bill Leverty.[2]

"Love of a Lifetime"
Single by FireHouse
from the album FireHouse
B-side
Released1991 (1991)
Recorded1990
Genre
Length4:46
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
FireHouse singles chronology
"Don't Treat Me Bad"
(1991)		 "Love of a Lifetime"
(1991)		 "All She Wrote"
(1991)

The song is arguably what FireHouse is most known for, and has been used as a first dance song at countless weddings since its release. In a 2005 interview, Snare commented "now I have the benefit of time to look back over this and there isn't a show that goes by where people don't come up to us and are like "'Love of a Lifetime' - we got married to that song!"[3]

Origin

The song was written by C. J. Snare; he wrote it while playing solo gigs at a Holiday Inn. When the band brought the demos for their first album to Epic Records, the label felt that the album needed a stronger ballad. Snare said "I remember raising my hand sheepishly and saying 'Well, I have a song...,' so we played it for them and they absolutely loved it and it did become a big hit."[3]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1991-1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 15
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 30
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 5
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 37

Year-end charts
Chart (1991) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 43

Cover versions

The project Collage recorded the song in 1998 and released it as a single. It peaked at No. 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart[7] and was the last single released by the project.

Country singer Katie Armiger recorded a cover version on her eponymous first album in 2007.

References
  1. Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s". LiveAbout. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  2. "Firehouse – Love Of A Lifetime | 90's Rock Videos". 90srockvideos.wordpress.com. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  3. "C.J. Snare Interview with RockEyez". 2005 Rock Eyez. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 103.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 297.
  6. "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  7. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1998-11-21. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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