The Rest of Our Life (song)

The song is the title track of McGraw and Hill's duets album The Rest of Our Life, and it was written by Ed Sheeran together with Amy Wadge, Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac. According to Faith Hill, the song reminded her of the day when she and Tim McGraw decided to get married after meeting McGraw on his Spontaneous Combustion tour in 1996, when she first heard the song, and said that "there was a comfort and a security about that moment that resonates in this song." McGraw concurred and said: "It's got such an intimacy to the song, and I think that's what really attracted us as well."

The song was first released on October 5, 2017, prior to release of the album on November 17 as the second single of the album.

Commercial performance

When the song was released in October 2017, the song sold 18,000 copies in its first week, allowing the song to debut on the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 25. It debuted on Country Airplay the previous week at No. 51 on the chart date of October 21, 2017. The song has sold 143,000 copies in the United States as of March 2018.

Allegations of plagiarism

McGraw and Hill, as well as the writers of the song, were sued by Sean Carey and Beau Golden on allegations that it is a "blatant copying" of their song "When I Found You" recorded and co-written by Australian artist Jasmine Rae. The lawsuit asks for an injunction, at least $5 million in damages, royalties and attorney fees.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017–2018)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)	48
US Billboard Hot 100	98
US Country Airplay (Billboard)	25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	18

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	81

References

^ Freeman, Jon (October 6, 2017). "Hear Tim McGraw, Faith Hill's Soulful New Duet 'The Rest of Our Life'". Rolling Stone.
Bonaguro, Alison (October 9, 2017). "New Song Reminds Faith Hill of Old Love". CMT. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017.
Dukes, Billy (October 5, 2017). "Sound Off: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, 'The Rest of Our Life'". Taste of Country.
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Bjorke, Matt (March 6, 2018). "The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: March 5, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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Tim McGraw singles

Singles discography

1990s

Tim McGraw
Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"
All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"
Everywhere	"It's Your Love" "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

2000s

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"
Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"
Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"
Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"
Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

2010s

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"
Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"
Country Strong	"Me and Tennessee"
Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be"
Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" "Southern Girl"
Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools"
Damn Country Music	"Top of the World" "Humble and Kind" "How I'll Always Be"
The Rest of Our Life	"Speak to a Girl" "The Rest of Our Life"

2020s

Here on Earth	"Neon Church" "Thought About You" "I Called Mama" "Undivided" "7500 OBO"
Standing Room Only	"Standing Room Only"
Poet's Resumé	"One Bad Habit"

Other songs

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Discography
Take Me as I Am	"Wild One" "Piece of My Heart" "But I Will" "Take Me as I Am"
It Matters to Me	"Let's Go to Vegas" "It Matters to Me" "Someone Else's Dream" "You Can't Lose Me" "I Can't Do That Anymore"
Faith	"This Kiss" "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" "Let Me Let Go" "Love Ain't Like That" "The Secret of Life"
Breathe	"Breathe" "The Way You Love Me" "Let's Make Love" "If My Heart Had Wings"
Cry	"Cry" "When the Lights Go Down" "You're Still Here"
Fireflies	"Mississippi Girl" "Like We Never Loved at All" "The Lucky One" "Sunshine and Summertime" "Stealing Kisses"
The Hits	"Lost" "Red Umbrella"
Joy to the World	"A Baby Changes Everything"
The Rest of Our Life	"Speak to a Girl" (with Tim McGraw) "The Rest of Our Life" (with Tim McGraw)
Collaborations	"It's Your Love" (with Tim McGraw) "I Need You" (with Tim McGraw) "Sing" (with Annie Lennox) "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Tim McGraw) "Forever Country" (with Various artists)
Other songs	"There You'll Be" "Where Are You Christmas?" "Give In to Me" "Come Home" "American Heart" "Love Will Always Win"

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