| "Wonderful Life" | ||||
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| Single by Black | ||||
| from the album Wonderful Life | ||||
| B-side | "Life Calls" | |||
| Released | September 1986[1] 14 August 1987 (re-release)[2] | |||
| Studio | Powerplant Studios, Willesden, London | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:49 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Colin Vearncombe | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave "Dix" Dickie | |||
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| Black - Wonderful Life (Official Video) on YouTube | ||||
"Wonderful Life" is a song by British singer Black from his 1987 debut album, Wonderful Life. The song was released twice as a single and was successful the second time, becoming a top-10 hit in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Black, who wrote the song while broke, commented: "I was really being ironic... Most people took it at face value."[3]
- ^ "Black singles".
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 9.
- ^ Leigh, Spencer (28 January 2016). "Colin Vearncombe: Singer known as Black whose 1987 song Wonderful Life was a hit around the world". The Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2017.