It's a Hard Life

This article is about the Queen song. For the 1962 Italian novel, see It's a Hard Life (novel). For the 1973 song by Roger Daltrey, see Daltrey (album).

"It's a Hard Life"
UK single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album The Works
B-sideIs This the World We Created...?[1]
Released
  • 6 July 1984 (US)
  • 16 July 1984 (UK)
RecordedAugust–October 1983
StudioRecord Plant, Los Angeles
Genre
Length
  • 4:08 (7-inch album version)
  • 5:05 (12-inch extended version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)
Queen singles chronology
"I Want to Break Free"
(1984) 		"It's a Hard Life"
(1984) 		"Hammer to Fall"
(1984)
Music video
"It's a Hard Life" on YouTube

"It's a Hard Life" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was featured on their 1984 album The Works, and it was the third single from that album. In 1991 it was included in the band’s second compilation album Greatest Hits II.[2]

It reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and was their third consecutive Top 10 single from the album. It also reached number 2 in Ireland and number 20 in the Netherlands. It also came 19th in a poll, The Nation's Favourite Queen Song broadcast on ITV on 11 November 2014.

  1. ^ "Queen UK Singles Discography 1984-1991". www.ultimatequeen.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Queen Greatest Hits II". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 March 2019.