The Way Life Goes (song)

"The Way Life Goes"
Cover art for the official remix featuring Nicki Minaj
Single by Lil Uzi Vert featuring Oh Wonder
from the album Luv Is Rage 2
Released	October 3, 2017 (album version) November 3, 2017 (remix)
Recorded	2017
Genre	Emo rap[1]
Length	3:41 (album version) 4:28 (remix)
Label	Generation Now Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Symere Woods Donald Cannon Ivison Smith Anthony West Josephine Gucht Onika Maraj (remix)
Producer(s)	Don Cannon Ike Beatz
Lil Uzi Vert singles chronology
"Raf" (2017) "The Way Life Goes" (2017) "Wanted You" (2017)
Oh Wonder singles chronology
"High On Humans" (2017) "The Way Life Goes" (2017) "Superlove" (2018)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"MotorSport" (2017) "The Way Life Goes (Remix)" (2017) "Plain Jane (Remix)" (2017)
Music video
"The Way Life Goes (Remix)" on YouTube

"The Way Life Goes" is a song by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert featuring British indie pop group Oh Wonder from the former's debut album Luv Is Rage 2 (2017). The song was meant for people that were going through hard times. It was inspired by Oh Wonder, Lil Uzi Vert asked for a collaboration and they agreed to make the song The Way Life Goes. It is now currently streamed over 1 billion times on different platforms like Spotify for example. The song was released as the album's second single to urban contemporary radio on October 3, 2017. The track, produced by Don Cannon and Ike Beatz, samples vocals from Oh Wonder's 2015 song "Landslide".^[2] It would debut at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, with the YouTube visual gaining over 138 million views as of April 2023.

The remix to the single was released on November 3 with a guest appearance from Trinidadian/Tobago-born rapper Nicki Minaj.^[3] This version would peak at number 24 on the Hot 100. The music video for it was released on December 4, 2017, having gained over 80 million views as of April 2022.