My Life Would Suck Without You

"My Life Would Suck Without You"
Single by Kelly Clarkson
from the album All I Ever Wanted
Released	January 13, 2009 (2009-01-13)
Recorded	2008
Studio	Conway Recording (Los Angeles, California) Dr. Luke's Studio (Malibu, California)
Genre	Pop power pop pop rock
Length	3:31
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Max Martin Lukasz Gottwald Claude Kelly Kelly Clarkson (uncredited)[1]
Producer(s)	Martin Dr. Luke
Kelly Clarkson singles chronology
"Don't Waste Your Time" (2007) "My Life Would Suck Without You" (2009) "I Do Not Hook Up" (2009)
Music video
"My Life Would Suck Without You" on YouTube

"My Life Would Suck Without You" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson from her fourth studio album, All I Ever Wanted (2009). The song features songwriting credits from Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, and Claude Kelly and production credits from Martin and Gottwald under his production moniker, Dr. Luke. Clarkson co-wrote the track but refused to include her name in the credits, citing a refusal to be associated with Gottwald.^[2][1] "My Life Would Suck Without You" was released as the lead single from the album and premiered on January 13, 2009, in the United States on New York City's Z100 radio station and was made available to download three days later. The song has met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised the song's pop composition, which incorporates rock and dance elements.

"My Life Would Suck Without You" peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 when it moved up the chart 96 places from number 97 in its second week on the chart. The song's chart climbing gave Clarkson the record for a single with the furthest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after achieving the feat with her 2002 single "A Moment Like This". Outside of the United States, "My Life Would Suck Without You" topped the charts in Canada, Hungary, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, where the Idols franchise that spawned American Idol originated, Clarkson became the only alumnus of an international version of Pop Idol to top the UK Singles Chart until Canadian Idol alumnus Carly Rae Jepsen achieved the feat with "Call Me Maybe" in April 2012.

The accompanying music video was directed by Wayne Isham and presents Clarkson's relationship with her fictional boyfriend as being fluctuating and tumultuous as the two are depicted arguing and throwing out each other's belongings whilst mirroring the sentiments of the song and the positive influence each has on the other. The video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the Best Female Video category in 2009.^[3]