Sing Your Life

"Sing Your Life"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Kill Uncle
Released 1 April 1991
Format 7", 12", CD, cassette
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:29
Label HMV (UK)
Writer(s) Morrissey, Mark Nevin
Producer(s) Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
Morrissey singles chronology
"Our Frank"
(1990)
"Sing Your Life"
(1991)
"Pregnant for the Last Time"
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]

"Sing Your Life" is 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.

Track listings

7" vinyl and cassette

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment" (The Jam cover)

12" vinyl

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment" (The Jam cover)
  3. "The Loop"

CD

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment" (The Jam cover)
  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

Reviews

Stuart Maconie in NME gave the single a positive review, calling it "toe-tapping".[2] Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "one of Morrissey's subtler pieces, and also one with a more upbeat and straightforward message than most."[1]

Musicians

Live performances

The song was performed live by Morrissey on his 1991 Kill Uncle tour. The song was last performed on 6 October 1991, and was dropped from the set list for the rest of the tour. Along with all of the material from Kill Uncle, "Sing Your Life" has never been performed by Morrissey since the 1991 tour, but it is frequently requested by his audience. When Morrissey hears the request, he usually replies by saying "I'm singing it."[3]

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