"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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Music video | ||||
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]