Live Your Life (T.I. song)

"Live Your Life"
Single by T.I. featuring Rihanna
from the album Paper Trail
B-side"Collect Call"
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2008 (2008-09-26)
RecordedAugust 2007
Studio
  • Echo Studios (Atlanta, GA)
  • Logic Studios (Milan, Italy)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Baseline Recording Studios (New York, NY)
Genre
Length
  • 5:37 (main version)
  • 4:02 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriters
Producers
T.I. singles chronology
"Hi Hater (Remix)"
(2008)
"Live Your Life"
(2008)
"Ready for Whatever"
(2008)
Rihanna singles chronology
"Disturbia"
(2008)
"Live Your Life"
(2008)
"Rehab"
(2008)
Music video
"Live Your Life" on YouTube

"Live Your Life" is a song by the American rapper T.I., featuring the Barbadian singer Rihanna, from T.I.'s sixth album, Paper Trail (2008). It was released as the seventh single from the album on September 26, 2008. The song's lyrics speak of T.I.'s rise to fame and optimism of the future. It also honors the American troops fighting in Iraq. The song both samples and interpolates the 2003 song "Dragostea din tei" by O-Zone.

Despite mixed reviews from music critics, "Live Your Life" was a commercial success worldwide. In the United States, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100, marking T.I.'s third number 1 single, and Rihanna's fifth. The song also attained Top 10 placements in twelve other countries, reaching the top five in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, "Live Your Life" topped the US Mainstream Top 40 and Rap Songs charts and reached number 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was T.I.'s highest charting and most successful single worldwide until "Blurred Lines" in 2013.

The song's accompanying music video, directed by Anthony Mandler, depicts a story of T.I.'s rise to fame in a narrated form, featuring Rihanna performing in a dressing room and bar. The duo performed "Live Your Life" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.