Wonderful Life (Hurts song)

August 6, 2010

Wonderful Life is the title of a song by the British synthpop duo Hurts. It was initially released on 3 May 2010 as a single in Denmark. It was the first release of the duo there.

In the UK single release on August 22, 2010, in Germany took place on August 6. There is already the song Better Than Love was previously published as a single in the UK. Both pieces are included on their debut album Happiness, which came on September 6, 2010 on the market. Wonderful Life in Germany reached second place in the hit parade and came to Denmark, Austria and Switzerland in the top ten of the local charts.

Background

Theo Hutchcraft, the singer of the duo, said in an interview with the website Digital Spy for the content of the song:

"It's of basically based on two extremes: the first being a man who wants to kill himself and the second being love at first sight. He's standing on the bridge about to jump and he's stopped by a woman. They see each other and fall in love. She of basically says, ' Come with me, it's all going to be fine '. The song only offers a snippet of someone's life, so we do not know what happens at the end of it. "

"It [ the song ] is based on two extremes: on the one hand to a man who wants to commit suicide, and on the other hand love at first sight. He is ready to jump on a bridge and a woman stops him from jumping. You see and fall in love. She says, 'Come with me, everything will be fine '. The song is only a small portion of a life, so we do not know what happened in the end. "

Contributors

• Hurts - text, music and production (recording)
• Joseph Cross - Music and Production
• Jonas Quant - Production Help
• Spike Stent - mixing
• George Marino - Mastering