Wonderful Life (Bring Me the Horizon song)

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"Wonderful Life"
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Single by Bring Me the Horizon featuring Dani Filth
from the album Amo
Released21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) [1]
Genre
Length4:34
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Oliver Sykes
  • Jordan Fish
Bring Me the Horizon singles chronology
"Mantra"
(2018)		"Wonderful Life"
(2018)		"Medicine"
(2019)
Music video
"Wonderful Life" on YouTube

"Wonderful Life" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon featuring Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani Filth. [2] Produced by the band's vocalist Oliver Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it is featured on the group's 2019 sixth studio album Amo . The track was released as the second single from the album on 21 October 2018.

Contents

Promotion and release

The track was teased by Oliver Sykes on an Instagram live stream. After searching the tease on Shazam, fans discovered the name for the leaked song as "WONDERFUL LIFE" featuring Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani Filth as a guest. After it, Sykes posted a video on his Instagram account announcing the "Wonderful Life" release date to be 21 October on Radio 1. [3]

Composition and lyrics

"Wonderful Life" has been described as a nu metal [4] and hard rock song. [5] The song shows a troubled narrator barely holding on to life but constantly referring to it as wonderful. The narrator, who seems to hold a dark and depressing view of the world around him, still enjoys the mundane and often gloomy aspects of everydayness. [3] Sykes said of the song's lyrics:

"The lyrics for 'Wonderful Life' were done freestyle in the studio. It's stream of consciousness-type stuff about getting old and out of touch, being off tour and loving the mundane things in life, I guess because it's so novel when your life is mainly spent on the road. Things like weekly shops and mowing your lawn are quite nice. People who spend most of their lives away from home can surely relate. I guess on top of that there's this inner crisis I have of being a boring person but still having a desire to go wild inside me every now and again… But, yeah, all in all, it's mostly word vomit... but also some of my favourite lyrics. The beginning is 100 percent legit and the irony was just too good, so we left it like that." [6]

Music video

The music video for "Wonderful Life" was released on the same day as the single was streamed. Directed by Theo Watkins, the video shows clips of the band doing everyday, mundane things. Dani Filth is seen wearing heavy corpse paint and sci-fi-esque stage clothing while eating cereal and shopping at the supermarket. Jordan Fish is shown playing with his son, Oliver Sykes is having his water boiler fixed and sitting on the sofa with his dog, Matt Kean is out running, Lee Malia is seen washing a camper van and mowing his lawn, and Matt Nicholls is shown walking his dog. It features appearances from Fish's real life son, Eliot Fish, and Sykes', Nicholls', and Fish's dogs Luna, Bud, and Bailey.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [7]

"Wonderful Life" is featured in the soundtrack for the video game WWE 2K20 , as well as one of the theme songs for NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2018) . [8]

Charts

Chart performance for "Wonderful Life"
Chart (2018–19)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9] 30
Scotland (OCC) [10] 83
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [11] 89
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [12] 89
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [13] 8
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 33

Certifications

Certifications for "Wonderful Life"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold35,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [16] Gold20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bring Me the Horizon release new song "Wonderful Life" featuring Dani Filth: Stream". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Bring Me The Horizon – wonderful life Lyrics". Genius.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Ewens, Hannah (16 January 2019). "Bring Me the Horizon's Oli Sykes Doesn't Care If You Love Him – Noisey". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022. They sought out a known rock heavyweight in Dani Filth to lend vocals to "wonderful life", a nu-metal anti-party party bop that feels like the spiritual sister of "Happy Song".
  5. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (10 January 2019). "Fan covers Bring Me The Horizon's 'Medicine' in their old-school metal style". NME . Retrieved 16 May 2022. 'Medicine' leans towards the band's more pop and electronic side, rather than the hard rock edge of previous singles 'Mantra' and 'Wonderful Life' or their metalcore roots.
  6. ↑ "BRING ME THE HORIZON Releases 'Wonderful Life' Performance Video". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Bring Me the Horizon – wonderful life (feat. Dani Filth)". Tidal . Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "WWE 2K20 In-Game Soundtrack Announced". 2k.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". OCC. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  14. ↑ "Bring Me the Horizon Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Brazilian single certifications – Bring Me the Horizon – Wonderful Life" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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