Sing Your Life (single)

Cover art

MORRISSEY Single
Name	Sing Your Life
Release	1 April 1991
Total Length	3:25
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 1990
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Nevin
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Art work	Pennie Smith
Vinyl Etching	No matrix message
Publisher	HMV Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD, Cassette
Chart position	UK #33
Single chronology
Our Frank ← Sing Your Life → Pregnant For The Last Time

Information

Mastering on the studio version is credited to "TY2" which is Tim Young.

A version of this song (3:40) was recorded live for At_KROQ on June 3, 1991.

Track list

7" Vinyl

[HMV POP1626]

1. Sing Your Life – 3:25 (Morrissey/Nevin)
2. That's Entertainment – 3:54 (Weller)

12" Vinyl

UK - [HMV 12POP1626]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 40084-0]

1. Sing Your Life – 3:25
2. That's Entertainment – 3:54
3. The Loop – 4:15 (Morrissey/Nevin)

CD

UK - [HMV CDPOP1626]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 40084-2]

1. Sing Your Life – 3:25
2. That's Entertainment – 3:54
3. The Loop – 4:15

Lyrics

Sing your life
Any fool can think up words that rhyme
Many others do
Why don't you?
Do you want to?

Sing your life
Walk right up to the microphone
And name all the things you love
All the things that you loathe
Sing your life
The things that you love
And the things that you loathe
Oh sing your life
Oh sing your life

Sing your life, sing your life
Others sang your life
But now's your chance to shine
And have the pleasure of
Saying what you mean
Have the pleasure of meaning what you sing
Oh, make no mistake, my friend
All of this will end
So sing it now

All the things you love
All the things you loathe
Oh sing your life
The things that you love
And the things that you loathe
Oh sing your
Oh sing your

Sing your life, sing your life
Don't leave it all unsaid
Somewhere in the wasteland of your head
Oh, head, oh
Head
Oh, head, oh
And make no mistake, my friend
Your pointless life will end

But before you go
Can you look at the truth?
You have a lovely singing voice
A lovely singing voice
And all of those
Who sing on key
They stole the notion
From you and me

So sing your life
Sing your life
Sing your life
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Sing your life
Sing your life
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Sing your life
Sing your life

Music Video

Credits

• Directed by Tim Broad

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 51

Morrissey live history:

• Dublin, Ireland 1991-04-27 (Morrissey concert)
• Paris, France 1991-04-29 (Morrissey concert)
• Deinze, Belgium 1991-04-30 (Morrissey concert)
• Utrecht, Holland 1991-05-01 (Morrissey concert)
• Cologne, Germany 1991-05-04 (Morrissey concert)
• Berlin, Germany 1991-05-05 (Morrissey concert)
• Hamburg, Germany 1991-05-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Copenhagen, Denmark 1991-05-07 (Morrissey concert)
• Aberdeen, Scotland 1991-05-14 (Morrissey concert)
• Dundee, Scotland 1991-05-15 (Morrissey concert)

... further results

Appears On

• Kill Uncle
• Sing Your Life (single)
• At KROQ
• Live In Dallas
• The Malady Lingers On
• The CD Singles '88–91'
• ¡Oye Esteban!
• ¡The Best Of! Morrissey
• The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95

Discogs Information

Credits

• Bass - Jonny Bridgwood
• Drums - Andrew Paresi
• Guitar - Mark E Nevin
• Guitar [Second] - Boz Boorer
• Harmonica - Alain Whyte
• Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young
• Photography By - Pennie Smith
• Producer - Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
• Vocals [Additional] - Suggs

Notes

"With thanks to Jim Moir"

Made in Gt. Britain [on labels] Sleeve printed in England. Manufactured in England. [on cover back]

Taken from the LP 'Kill Uncle' [on label side A]

Comes in a black poly lined inner sleeve.

Runouts are stamped.

Images

• Sing Your Life - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/5224
• Sing Your Life (12" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/997942-Morrissey-Sing-Your-Life

Wikipedia Information

"Sing Your Life" is a single by English singer-songwriter 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, a.k.a. Carl Smyth the second singer of the band Madness. Vic Reeves also recorded backing vocals for the song, but they weren't included in the final version. He is thanked in the sleeve notes.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Your_Life

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