Live the Life is an album by Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...

. One notable song on this album was "In My Arms Again," which Michael W. Smith wrote for the film Titanic

Titanic (1997 film)

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...

. There were 26 songs written and completed for the album, whose release date was pushed back twice as Smith wasn't fully satisfied with the tracklist. Along with the 12 songs which eventually made it on the album, the tracks "Greater Than We Understand" and "Evening Show" were released on the B-sides of the CD singles for "Life the Live" and "Love Me Good" respectively. A few of the remaining 12 songs appeared in some form on Smith's 1999 album This Is Your Time.

"Song for Rich" is an instrumental tribute to Rich Mullins

Rich Mullins

Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....

who died in a car accident in September 1997.

Track listing

1. "Missing Person" – 6:01
2. "Love Me Good" – 4:41
3. "Live the Life" – 4:36
4. "Never Been Unloved" – 4:39
5. "I Believe in You Now" – 4:44
6. "Don't Give Up" – 4:20
7. "Let Me Show You the Way" – 4:12
8. "I Know Your Name" – 4:00
9. "Matter of Time" – 3:42
10. "In My Arms Again" – 6:11
11. "Song for Rich" – 1:53
12. "Hello, Goodbye" – 7:53