"The Way Life Goes" | ||||
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Single by Lil Uzi Vert featuring Oh Wonder | ||||
from the album Luv Is Rage 2 | ||||
Released | October 3, 2017 (album version) November 3, 2017 (remix) | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
Genre | Emo rap [1] | |||
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"The Way Life Goes (Remix)" on YouTube |
"The Way Life Goes" is a song by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert featuring British indie pop group Oh Wonder from the former's debut album Luv Is Rage 2 (2017). The song was meant for people that were going through hard times. It was inspired by Oh Wonder,Lil Uzi Vert asked for a collaboration and they agreed to make the song The Way Life Goes. It is now currently streamed over 1 billion times on different platforms like Spotify for example. The song was released as the album's second single to urban contemporary radio on October 3,2017. The track,produced by Don Cannon and Ike Beatz,samples vocals from Oh Wonder's 2015 song "Landslide". [2] It would debut at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100,with the YouTube visual gaining over 138 million views as of April 2023.
The remix to the single was released on November 3 with a guest appearance from Trinidadian/Tobago-born rapper Nicki Minaj . [3] This version would peak at number 24 on the Hot 100. The music video for it was released on December 4,2017,having gained over 80 million views as of April 2022.
Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork opined that "[In] 'The Way Life Goes,' which is produced by Don Cannon and Ike Beatz,Uzi opens with a brief introduction to the other half of [their] failed relationship,punctuated with,"I like that girl too much,I wish I never met her." From there,[they launch] into a full interpolation of the first verse from Oh Wonder's "Landslide":"I know it hurts sometimes,but you’ll get over it/You’ll find another life to live." Uzi's less interested in the granular drama of the breakup than in the fallout,the moment three or four days later when reality starts to set in." [4]
Credits adapted from YouTube and Tidal. [5]
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [15] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [16] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [17] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [19] | 4×Platinum | 4,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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