Hanging by a Moment

Infobox Single
Name = Hanging by a Moment


Artist = Lifehouse
from Album = No Name Face
B-side = "Fairytales Sandcastles" "What's Wrong with That"
Released = flagicon|Australia June 5, 2001
flagicon|UK October 30, 2001
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Length = 3:36
Label = Universal International
Writer = Jason Wade
Producer = Michael Ostin
Certification =
Last single = -
This single = "Hanging by a Moment"
(2000)
Next single = "Sick Cycle Carousel"
(2001)

"Hanging by a Moment" is the single that catapulted rock group Lifehouse to fame, peaking at number-one in Australia and number two in the United States. It was also number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was the most played radio track of 2001 in the US. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=11:hxfqxq95ld6e http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=11:hxfqxq95ld6e] ]

ong info

Written by the band's singer and guitarist, Jason Wade, the song was released as the first single on the DreamWorks Records label from the band, prior to the band's first album "No Name Face" being released in 2000.

Jason Wade, the lead singer of the group, claims he wrote the song in about 5-10 minutes. Wade said, "I remember just sitting on the couch in the studio and I heard the melody in my head while I was doing another vocal track, which is really weird, it'll kinda give you a headache. I don't recommend it, but anyway, I went into the other room and picked up a guitar and it just kind of happened, so from that moment on I learned when you have to write a song, when the melody is in your head."

"Hanging By a Moment" was only the third single in chart history, following Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully" in 1965, and Faith Hill's "Breathe" in 2000, to become the number one Billboard Hot 100 Song Of The Year year without having topped the weekly Hot 100 chart at all during the year.

The song was adopted as the unofficial theme for the 2000/2001 NHL season. Fact|date=November 2007 [http://www.tonawanda-news.com/nightandday/gnnnightandday_story_284124832.html]

Track listing

Note: All songs written by Jason Wade, unless otherwise noted

*US Promo Single
#"Hanging by a Moment" — 3:35
#"Somebody Else's Song" — 4:36

*Australian CD-Single
#"Hanging by a Moment" — 3:36
#"Fairytales Sandcastles" — 3:52
#"What's Wrong with That" — 3:54
#"Fool" — 4:21

*European CD-Single
#"Hanging by a Moment" — 3:36
#"Fairytales Sandcastles" — 3:52
#"Hanging by a Moment" (Acoustic Version) — 3:30
#CD-ROM "Hanging by a Moment" Music Video

Musicians

"The following are the musicians who appeared on the album recording of Hanging by a Moment."
* Jason Wade: Lead Vocals & Lead Guitarist
* Sergio Andrade: Bass
* Diff: Drums
* Ron Aniello: Rhythm Guitarist

Charts

References

External links

* More information on Lifehouse can be found at the [http://www.lifehousemusic.com/ Official Lifehouse Band Site]