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For the Rest of My Life

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"For the Rest of My Life"
Single by Robin Thicke
from the album Blurred Lines
ReleasedMay 21, 2013 (2013-05-21)
GenreSoul
Length4:55
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Robin Thicke
  • ProJay
Producer(s)
  • Robin Thicke
  • ProJay
Robin Thicke singles chronology
"Blurred Lines"
(2013)
"For the Rest of My Life"
(2013)
"Give It 2 U"
(2013)
Tamar Braxton singles chronology
"She Can Have You"
(2013)
"For the Rest of My Life"
(2014)
"Let Me Know"
(2014)

"For the Rest of My Life" (also known as "4 the Rest of My Life") is a song by American R&B singer Robin Thicke from his sixth studio album Blurred Lines (2013). Written and produced by Thicke and ProJay, the song was serviced to urban adult contemporary radio as the second single from Blurred Lines on May 21, 2013.

Remix

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The official remix is a duet with R&B singer Tamar Braxton and is called "For the Rest of My Life, Pt. 2". It premiered on the Atlanta urban contemporary radio station WVEE on February 12, 2014.[1] The remix was released as a digital single on February 25, 2014.[2]

Commercial performance

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"For the Rest of My Life" impacted urban adult contemporary radio in the United States on May 21, 2013 as the second single from Blurred Lines.[3] Billboard described the song as having a "more familiar R&B vibe" appealing to Thicke's core fan base, following the release of the international hit "Blurred Lines".[4] It was later released digitally to the iTunes Store on June 4, 2013.[5] "For the Rest of My Life" became Thicke's fourth number-one hit on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.[6]

Charts

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[7] 82
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 42
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[9] 25

Release history

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Country Date Format Label
United States[3] May 21, 2013 Urban adult contemporary radio Star Trak Entertainment, Interscope Records
Philippines[5] June 4, 2013 Digital download

References

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  1. ^ "#SheDidThat: Tamar Hops on Robin Thicke's "4 the Rest of My Life" (Remix) | Tamar Braxton". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  2. ^ "For the Rest of My Life, Pt. 2 - Single by Robin Thicke & Tamar Braxton". iTunes. January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Single – 4 The Rest of My Life". Frequency News. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  4. ^ Payne, Chris (May 31, 2013). "Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' Surges On Charts Thanks to a NSFW Kickstart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "For the Rest of My Life – Single by Robin Thicke". iTunes Store (PH). Apple. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  6. ^ Trust, Gary (December 30, 2013). "Chart Highlights: Robin Thicke, Bastille End Year With New No. 1s". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  7. ^ "Robin Thicke – 4 the Rest of My Life" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  8. ^ "Robin Thicke Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  9. ^ "For The Rest of My Life, Robin Thicke, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay". billboard.com/biz. Retrieved 23 August 2015.