Song · Frank Sinatra
“That's Life” by Frank Sinatra
Released 1966
“That's Life” by Frank Sinatra appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2020. It was first released in 1966. Its best result is #370 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,999 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"That's Life" is Frank Sinatra in 1966 taking a song by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon, one he'd picked up from O.C. Smith's earlier recording, and making it the title track of his album That's Life. The message is pure Sinatra: life knocks you flat, you get up, and before long you're riding high again.
Producer Jimmy Bowen and arranger Ernie Freeman give him a swaggering bed to strut across, and Sinatra sings it like a man who has been down and back more than once and dares you to count him out. It climbed to 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, set off a long run of covers by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Van Morrison, and his recording has lived on in films like A Bronx Tale, Casper and Joker.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 370 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2018 | 882 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 1013 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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