This Is the Life (song)
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This article is about the "Weird Al" Yankovic song. For other uses, see This Is the Life.
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Dare to Be Stupid |
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| B-side | "Buy Me a Condo" | ||||
| Released | November 1984 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Recorded | August 20, 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||
| Length | 3:02 | ||||
| Label | Scotti Brothers | ||||
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
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"This Is the Life" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is the theme song to the gangster comedy movie Johnny Dangerously. For legal reasons, "This Is the Life" was not featured on home video releases of the film until the DVD was released in 2002. The song is a highly exaggerated rejoice of how rich and powerful he is. Although it is done in the style of 30's jazz, it has an electric guitar solo, and a section with a hip-hop beat.
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[edit] Track Listing
The following tracks are on the single:
- "This Is the Life" – 3:02
- "Buy Me a Condo" – 3:52
The promo single only contains "This Is the Life".
[edit] Music video
The video itself is a spoof of 1930's style Gangster movies, with Yankovic playing the role of a gangster himself. However, various specific things have been parodied:
- At the beginning a man is stopped at a gun check and removes a Tommy gun he had in his suit.
- Yankovic appears bathing in a bathtub of Perrier.
- Yankovic throws his fedora hat like a boomerang and it lands on a coat hook halfway across the room.
- Throughout the video Al uses money as everyday things. He uses a dollar bill to light a cigar.
- The original video was interspersed with video clips from the movie Johnny Dangerously. Another version of the video released on The Compleat Al in 1985 did not have the clips, but instead, was spliced with stock footage.
[edit] Notes
- "This Is the Life" is Yankovic's first single to not contain any parodies.
- According to the singles back cover, the hip-hop artist "The Glove" provides the scratching in the song.
[edit] See also
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