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“Wonderful Life” by Black
“Wonderful Life” by Black appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1987 and 2004. Its best result is #72 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #213 alternative song of 1987 and #3,132 alternative song of all time.
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"Wonderful Life" is the title song of Black's 1987 debut album, and the British singer wrote it while he was flat broke. There's a twist inside it, too: he has said he meant it ironically, but most people took it at face value.
It needed two runs at the charts. Ugly Man Records put it out first in September 1986, and it stalled at No. 72 in the UK. After the success of "Sweetest Smile", it moved to A&M and was reissued on 14 August 1987, and this time it went to No. 8 in Britain and made the top 10 in a string of European countries and in Australia. Smash Hits' Vici McDonald praised it as sentimental but never slushy.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 72 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 173 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1990 | 249 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 299 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2004 | 253 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
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