Sing Your Life (single)
MORRISSEY Single | |
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Name | Sing Your Life |
Release | 1 April 1991 |
Total Length | 3:25 |
Recorded | Autumn-Winter 1990 |
Writer/composer | Morrissey / Mark E. Nevin |
Producer | Clive Langer Alan Winstanley |
Art work | Photo: 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
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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]
- Sing Your Life – 3:25 (Morrissey/Nevin)
- That's Entertainment – 3:54 (Weller)
12" Vinyl
UK - [HMV 12POP1626]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 40084-0]
- Sing Your Life – 3:25
- That's Entertainment – 3:54
- The Loop – 4:15 (Morrissey/Nevin)
CD
UK - [HMV CDPOP1626]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 40084-2]
- Sing Your Life – 3:25
- That's Entertainment – 3:54
- 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
Oh sing your...
Oh sing your...
Sing your life
Sing your life
Sing your life
Oh sing your...
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)
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.
Related Forum Threads
- Morrissey A-Z: "Sing Your Life" - Morrissey-solo (Aug 01, 2021)