Sing Your Life

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Album ratings "Sing Your Life" is a single by English singer-songwriter Morrissey released in April 1991 by His Master's Voice. 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. It features former Madness frontman Suggs on backing vocals, who also sung backing vocals on the single "Piccadilly Palare".[1] One of the single's B-sides was a cover version of "That's Entertainment" by The Jam which also had backing vocals by Carl Smyth, a.k.a. Chas Smash, the former second singer of the band Madness. Vic Reeves also recorded backing vocals for the song, but they weren't included in the final version.[2] He is thanked in the sleeve notes.[3][1]

Critical review

Stuart Maconie in NME gave the single a positive review, calling it "toe-tapping".[4] 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."[5]

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. "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."[6]

Track listings

7-inch vinyl and cassette

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

12-inch 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"
Region Record label Format Catalogue number
UK His Master's Voice 7-inch vinyl POP1626
UK His Master's Voice 12-inch vinyl 12POP1626
UK His Master's Voice Compact disc CDPOP1626
UK His Master's Voice Cassette TCPOP1626

Musicians

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 33

In popular culture

The song is featured prominently in season one, episode seven of the Netflix show Daybreak, when character Ms Crumble's passion for Morrissey's music forms an important plot point. It appears as the theme song of a fictitious post-apocalyptic sitcom, in a Spanish version performed by Ms Crumble's Morrissey cover band, and as a duet by characters Angelica (Alyvia Alyn Lind and Ms Crumble Krysta Rodriguez). The episode itself is called "Canta Tu Vida", the Spanish translation of the song's title.[9]

References

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  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sing Your Life". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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