Written by singer/guitarist Paul Stanley and professional songwriter Desmond Child, "Reason to Live" is a power ballad, heavy on keyboards and production.

The video shows the band playing the song live on a large, well-lit stage, interspersed with shots of a young blonde woman (portrayed by Playboy Playmate and model Eloise Broady), who is visibly distressed over relationship troubles with Stanley.

She vents her frustrations by throwing a wine bottle at a picture of the two of them and then burning it at the end of the video.

When Stanley visits her house, she comes out of hiding and douses his Porsche 928 with gasoline before setting it on fire.

It made the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom,[3] and reached number 34 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] It also peaked at the 64 position on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in early 1988.