Sing Your Life

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B-side
Released1 April 1991 (1991-04-01)[1]
Length3:29
LabelHis Master's Voice
"Sing Your Life"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Kill Uncle
B-side
Released1 April 1991 (1991-04-01)[1]
Length3:29
LabelHis Master's Voice
Songwriters
  • Morrissey
  • Mark Nevin
Producers
Morrissey singles chronology
"Our Frank"
(1990)		 "Sing Your Life"
(1991)		 "Pregnant for the Last Time"
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]

"Sing Your Life" is a single by the English singer Morrissey, released on 1 April 1991 by His Master's Voice. It was the second single taken from the Kill Uncle album, and was co-written by Mark E. Nevin, who plays guitar on the track. On release this was Morrissey's lowest charting single in the UK charts, reaching only number 33. It features former Madness frontman Suggs on backing vocals, who also sung backing vocals on the single "Piccadilly Palare".[3] One of the single's B-sides was a cover version of "That's Entertainment" by The Jam which also had backing vocals by Carl Smyth, a.k.a. Chas Smash, the former second singer of the band Madness. Vic Reeves also recorded backing vocals for the song, but they weren't included in the final version.[4] He is thanked in the sleeve notes.[5][3]

Stuart Maconie in NME gave the single a positive review, calling it "toe-tapping".[6] Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "one of Morrissey's subtler pieces, and also one with a more upbeat and straightforward message than most."[2]

Live performances

The song was performed live by Morrissey on his 1991 Kill Uncle tour. The song was last performed on 6 October 1991, and was dropped from the set list for the rest of the tour. "Sing Your Life" has never been performed by Morrissey since the 1991 tour, but it is frequently requested by his audience. When Morrissey hears the request, he usually replies by saying "I'm singing it."[7]

Track listings

7-inch vinyl and cassette

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment" (The Jam cover)

12-inch vinyl

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment" (The Jam cover)
  3. "The Loop"

CD

  1. "Sing Your Life"
  2. "That's Entertainment" (The Jam cover)
  3. "The Loop"
Region Record label Format Catalogue number
UKHis Master's Voice7-inch vinylPOP1626
UKHis Master's Voice12-inch vinyl12POP1626
UKHis Master's VoiceCompact discCDPOP1626
UKHis Master's VoiceCassetteTCPOP1626

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