Sing Your Life

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“Sing Your Life”
Single by Morrissey
from the album Kill Uncle
Released April 1, 1991 (UK)
May 22, 1991 (USA)
Format 7", 12", CD, cassette
Genre Pop
Length 3:29
Label HMV (UK)
Writer(s) Morrissey, Mark Nevin
Producer Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
Morrissey singles chronology
"Our Frank"
(1990)
"Sing Your Life"
(1991)
"Pregnant for the Last Time"
(1991)

"Sing Your Life" was a single by Morrissey released in April 1991. It was the second single taken from the Kill Uncle album. On release this was Morrissey's lowest charting single in the UK charts, reaching only number 33. One of the single's b-sides was a cover version of "That's Entertainment" by The Jam which had backing vocals by "Chas Smash", aka Carl Smyth the second singer of the band Madness.

The lyrics involve Morrissey begging someone on the brink of suicide to "sing your life" before they finally kill themselves.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" vinyl & cassette

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment"

[edit] 12" vinyl

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment"
  3. "The Loop"

[edit] CD

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment"
  3. "The Loop"
Country Record label Format Catalogue number
UK HMV 7" vinyl POP1626
UK HMV 12" vinyl 12POP1626
UK HMV Compact disc CDPOP1626
UK HMV Cassette TCPOP1626

[edit] Reviews

Stuart Maconie in the NME gave the single a positive review, calling it "toe-tapping". [1]

[edit] Musicians

  • Morrissey – Voice
  • Mark E. Nevin – Guitars
  • Andrew Paresi – Drums
  • Boz Boorer – Second Guitar
  • Jonny Bridgwood – Bass
  • Alain Whyte – Harmonica
  • Mark Bedford – Bass on "Sing Your Life"

[edit] Live Performances

The song was performed live by Morrissey on his 1991 tour.

[edit] References

  1. ^ NME Sing Your Life Review [1]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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