It's a Hard Life
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| "It's a Hard Life" | ||
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| Single by Queen | ||
| from the album The Works | ||
| Released | 16 July 1984 | |
| Format | vinyl record (7", 12") | |
| Recorded | 1983 | |
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |
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| Label | EMI / Capitol | |
| Writer(s) | Freddie Mercury | |
| Producer(s) | Queen and Mack | |
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| Queen singles chronology | ||
| "I Want to Break Free" (1984) |
"It's a Hard Life" (1984) |
"Hammer to Fall" (1984) |
It's a Hard Life is a song by English rock band Queen, written by lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was featured on their 1984 album The Works, and it was the third single from that album.
The intro of "It's a Hard Life" is based on "Vesti la giubba", a famous aria from Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. Indeed, the video which accompanies the song (which is full of visual jokes) has been created in an operatic 'style'.
Both Roger Taylor and Brian May groaned out loud when shown this video during their commentary for the Greatest Video Hits Vol. 2 collection. Taylor said it was "the worst music video ever." May pointed out more positively that the video was a thematic joke, as it protrayed Mercury as a wealthy man singing about how hard life and love are, and at that point Mercury in real life possessed great wealth but still searching for love.
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