Livin' It Up!

This article is about the Sammy Hagar album. For other uses, see Living It Up (disambiguation).

Livin' It Up! is the fourteenth semi-based "lifestyle" studio album by Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas. While writing with Kenny Chesney and covering Toby Keith, Hagar began singing about enjoying the life of a beach dweller. It was vaguely reminiscent of Jimmy Buffett's career, and Hagar even used this time as an opportunity to meet more easy-going party fans as he went on a brief tour with Chesney.^[2]

Livin' It Up!
Studio album by Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas
Released	July 25, 2006
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	Rock
Length	41:11
Label	Cabo Wabo Music
Producer	Bob Daspit
Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas chronology
Live: Hallelujah (2003) Livin' It Up! (2006) Cosmic Universal Fashion (2008)
Singles from Livin' It Up!
"Let Me Take You There" Released: 2005 "Mexico" Released: 11 July 2006
Singles
Let Me Take You There
Alternative cover
Mexico

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Song information

• "I Love This Bar" was previously recorded by Toby Keith for his 2003 album Shock'n Y'all.
• "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is a cover of a Bob Dylan song, originally released on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.
• The first version of the song "Halfway to Memphis" was recorded for the Hagar's album Not 4 Sale.
• "Let Me Take You There" was called "I'll Take You There" when it was recorded by the soul/gospel family band the Staple Singers. The song was included on the group's 1972 album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sammy Hagar, except where stated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sam I Am"	Bob Daspit, Sammy Hagar, Nicole Summerwood	2:56
2.	"Living on a Coastline"		4:20
3.	"Mexico"		3:34
4.	"The Way We Live"		4:39
5.	"I Love This Bar"	Scotty Emerick, Toby Keith	3:41
6.	"One Sip"	Kenny Chesney, Hagar	2:18
7.	"Rainy Day Women #12/#35"	Bob Dylan	3:37
8.	"Halfway to Memphis"		4:23
9.	"Sailin'"		4:21
10.	"Let Me Take You There"	Hagar, Alvertis Isbell	4:24
11.	"Someday"		2:58

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar - lead vocals, guitar
• David (Bro) Lauser - drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Vic (Tore Up) Johnson - electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Mona Gnader - bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Gibby Ross - timbales, congas, shaker, cowbell, tambourine
• Bob Daspit - guitar, slide guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Nicole Summerwood - backing vocals
• Roy Rogers - slide guitar
• Rosendo Rodriguez Mariachi Band
• Tim Hockenberry - trombone, piccolo trumpet
• Austin de Lone - piano
• Dave Zirbel - pedal steel guitar
• Aaron Hagar - backing vocals and lead vocal duet on "Someday"
• Kari Hagar - backing vocals

Technical

• Will Blochinger - photography

Chart performance

The album premiered at #50 on the Billboard Charts in 2006, with 16,000+ sold.^[3]