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"Wonderful Life" is a song by British singer Black, from his 1987 debut eponymous album. 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.
Wonderful Life is the debut album by English singer Black (the stage name of Colin Vearncombe). Released in 1987, it peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart in September of that year. Three of the songs were co-written with Vearncombe's friend and musical collaborator, keyboardist Dave "Dix" Dickie.
After this, Black was dropped from the record label, and Vearncombe and Dix went their separate ways. [9] In 1985, Vearncombe wrote the minor key song "Wonderful Life". It was released independently through Ugly Man Records, and got Black noticed by A&M Records, who signed Vearncombe and launched his international career. [9] Vearncombe said:
Black is a self-titled album by Black, the musical vehicle of Colin Vearncombe.It is a retrospective album released in 1987 by Black's former label Warner Music Group after his commercial breakthrough with the album Wonderful Life (on A&M Records) and comprises several singles recorded while Vearncombe was signed to Warner.
Stephen Dalton of New Musical Express felt the album contained "diluted descendants of the smoochy, melancholic, post-modernist ennui which Mr Black captured in 'Wonderful Life' so perfectly that he effectively negated his entire career since 1986". He added, "Po-faced pomposity aside, Verano's tonsils know a croonsome tune when they meet one.
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The song also gives nuance to the dire realities for people of low-income Black communities, where crime isn’t an innate trait but frequently a means for survival: “I ain’t never did a crime ...
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