Other Cover Versions
Other singers to record ballad versions of the song include Charlie Roots, Wayne Denton, and Korean star Se7en. British singer Newton has recorded a dance version of the track. In 2004, J Costa did a dance version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" with Mr Mig and DJ Holland doing successful club remixes. Other dance versions include a 2008 version by In Bliss. A salsa version appears on Miguel Martin's 1995 Sony International album Salsa with the Oldies.
A Spanish language translation of the song, "Como he de vivir sin tu cariño", has been recorded by numerous artists. Latin Pop singer Danny Rivera recorded the translation for his 1990 album Canto a La Humanidad. This version peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. Other Spanish artists to record the song include Paloma San Basilio, who featured the song on her Sony International album Escorpio in 2001 and Rosa López, who featured the song on her Gold 2008 Universal Music album Promesas. Italian singer Filippa Giordano recorded the Spanish version for her album Prima Donna in 2005.
The ballad was one of several hits covered in the Finnish language, as "Kerro Kuinka Rakkaudesta Toipuu", by Virve Rosti on her Edel Records album Vicky Rock Vol. 1.
Filipina superstar Sharon Cuneta featured the song on her Platinum album When I Love in 1999. Asian singer Julie Su recorded the song on a 1989 album covers released by Warner Music Taiwan. Other female artists to perform the song include American singer Vicki Carr, and German singers Stephanie de Kowa, who recorded the song with the Filmorchester Babelsberg for her album Two Faces, and Joana Zimmer, on her 2008 Universal Music album Showtime. The song appears on actress/singer Ingrid Saxon's 2004 CD of pop and Broadway standards, A Lot of Livin' to Do. That year, Dutch jazz-pop singer Laura Fygi included the song on her album Song Book: 20 Jazz Greatest Hits.
Lisa Hartman performed the song in character as a rising pop singer on the nighttime soap opera Knots Landing in an early 1980s episode. Characters played by Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez duetted to the song as performed by a fictional band called the Zack Attack on Part 1 of a two-part episode of the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell.
Regina Ivanova Indonesian Idol 2012 contestant sang this song on the second of her two performances at the Indonesian Idol (season 7) Top 3'' Spectacular Show 2012.
Italian crooner Matteo Brancaleoni featured the song on his album New Life in 2012.
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