BLACK. [ A WONDERFULL LIFE ] (1987) \FROM THE ALBUM “WONDERFULL LIFE“ \

BLACK. [ A WONDERFULL LIFE ] (1987) FROM THE ALBUM “WONDERFULL LIFE“ Released 1986 (1st release) 1987 (2nd release) Genre Pop. Songwriter(s) Colin Vearncombe. “Wonderful Life“ is a song by the English singer Black from his 1986 album of the same name. It was released twice as a single and was successful the second time, becoming a top ten hit in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK. Black, who wrote the song while broke, commented: “I was really being ironic... Most people took it at face value.“ First released in 1986 by Ugly Man Records, it initially peaked at no. 72 on the UK Singles Chart. The label and Vearncombe then decided to re-release the song with a new record company, A&M Records after the success of “Sweetest Smile“ and the single reached a higher peak of no. 8 on the chart in August 1987. The music video, shot in black and white, was filmed around the English seaside resort of Sout