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“Wonderful Life“ is a song by the English singer Black from his 1987 album Wonderful Life. The song was released twice as a single and was successful the second time, becoming a top ten hit in Australia, 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. In a contemporary review in Smash Hits, Vici McDonald called it a “wonderful record – sentimental without being slushy“. She went on: “It’s heartening to see someone who a) isn’t particularly handsome, b) has a spook-name (i.e. Colin Vearncombe), c) has no discernible ’image’ and d) writes slightly odd lyrics, get into the charts purely on the strength of their music, which in this case is very strong indeed.“ The song was described by AllMusic as a “seductive, bittersweet ballad“. The Daily Telegraph said: “Its oddly uplifting lyrics... combined with Black’s melancholy croon created, as one critic observed, ’luxuriantly melodic pop that sounds something like a male version of Sade’. Redes Sociais:
