| "The Life of Riley" | ||||
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| Single by The Lightning Seeds | ||||
| from the album Sense | ||||
| Released | 2 March 1992[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Broudie | |||
| Producer(s) | Ian Broudie Simon Rogers | |||
| The Lightning Seeds singles chronology | ||||
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"The Life of Riley" is a song by British band The Lightning Seeds. It was released in 1992 from the album Sense.
The song was a minor hit when it was first released on 2 March 1992, reaching number 28 on the UK Singles Chart, and even reaching the top 100 in the US. However the song later gained popularity when the BBC football programme, Match of the Day, began to use it frequently for segments including "Goal of the Month", throughout most of the 1990s.[2] The song was still associated with the programme many years later and featured in a similar "Goal of the Day" segment in the mid-2000s.[3] It is still occasionally used for the same section as of 2023.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 29 February 1992. p. 21.
- ^ Davies, Laura Lee (9 October 2004). "Resowing the seeds". The Times. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Ask us about: Music details". BBC News. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2020.