It's My Life (Talk Talk song)
It's My Life is a song of the band Talk Talk from 1984, which was written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese- Greene.
History
It's My Life was the first song that Hollis and Friese- Greene wrote together after the latter was added in 1984 as an unofficial member of the band. It was released in January 1984 as a single on EMI, and released a month later on talk talks second album, also titled It's My Life.
The song (as well as the whole album ) can be attributed to the new-wave synth-pop subgenre typical of the 1980s. It's My Life but shows at the same time the musical development of the band away from the straight, simple pop of their debut album, to more experimental sounds and song structures.
In the UK, the single failed at the first release just a place in the Top 40, while 100 ( No. 31 ), the German charts ( # 33 ) and other European countries was somewhat more successful in the Billboard Hot. In 1990, It's My Life was again parallel to the compilation of Natural History as a Single: released The Very Best of Talk Talk. This time she reached the UK Top 40 Rank 13
The song runs in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 on the game 's radio station Flash FM.
In 2003, the band No Doubt coverte the song and was also successful.
Music Video
In the ( second ) Music Video Skip recordings from the London Zoo from natural recordings of animals in the wild. While Mark Hollis in their natural environment is dancing with the wild animals shown in the background to the music and lip-sync "sings" he stands there motionless at the zoo and moves his lips, which are painted over with animated strokes, not. The photographs were taken with a video projector.