18 and Life
by
Skid Row
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Release type:What's this?
single
First released:
Mar 21 1991

Overview Edit

"18 and Life" is the second single from Skid Row's 1989 eponymous debut album.

The song was to be the band's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, but only reaching #11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart which was previously their biggest market. It was named the 60(th) best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It was certified Gold on September 13, 1989, when it sold 500,000 copies.

The song was written by guitarist Dave Sabo after he read a newspaper article about an 18 year old named Ricky who was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting and killing his friend with a gun he thought was unloaded.

This song also appears on Skid Row's greatest hits compilation, 40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row. Then lead singer of Skid Row, Sebastian Bach, released a live version of this on his solo album Bring 'Em Bach Alive!. It is also a playable song on the video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.

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Release dates:
  • Mar 21 1991 in United States
  • Jun 11 1992

Genres

Hard Rock, Glam Rock,
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Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    18 and Life
    3:51
    2
    I Remember You
    5:12

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