Song · 1975
“It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)” by 1975
From the album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
“It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)” by 1975 appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2019. It was first released in 2018 on the album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. Its best result is #39 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #187 alternative song of 2019.
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"It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)" bubbles over on the 1975's 2018 album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, and it's about heroin. Matty Healy was wary of writing directly about his own past addiction, so he built the song around Danny, a character standing in for that struggle, and blurred it into a breakup song about someone who can't let a finished romance go.
Healy and George Daniel produced it as gospel-tinged power pop with a heavy '80s accent: jangly funk guitars, glittering synths, the London Community Gospel Choir on the big vocals, and Amber Bain of the Japanese House chipping in on instruments and backing vocals. Critics singled it out as an album highlight, and Warren Fu's video for what became the record's final single doubled as a tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
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