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"Life #9"
"Life #9"
Single by Martina McBride
from the album The Way That I Am
B-side	"Ashes"
Released	January 3, 1994
Genre	Country
Length	4:03
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Kostas, Tony Perez
Producer(s)	Paul Worley, Ed Seay, Martina McBride
Martina McBride singles chronology

"Life #9" is a song written by Kostas and Tony Perez, and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from her album The Way That I Am. The song was her fifth single release overall, and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Content

McBride considered the song "not the kind of song, melody, attitude of whatever that I was really comfortable singing", and producer Paul Worley thought that it was "not one of [his] favorites" due to it sounding like a disco song.^[2]

Music video

A music video was released for the song, directed by Steven Goldmann.

Personnel

The following musicians perform on this track:^[3]

Joe Chemay – bass guitar
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar
Anthony S. Martin – backing vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Martina McBride – lead and backing vocals
Steve Nathan – keyboards
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Paul Worley – acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	85
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	69

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Martina McBride. RCA Records. 2001. 67012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ The Way That I Am (CD). Martina McBride. RCA Records. 1993. 66288.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2440." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 11, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
^ "Martina McBride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
^ "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.