A Design for Life
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"A Design for Life" is a 1996 Britpop-era anthem by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers that critiques class inequality and became one of their most iconic and commercially successful singles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Design for Life canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Manic Street Preachers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartedIn |
Australian Singles Chart
ⓘ
Irish Singles Chart ⓘ Norwegian Singles Chart ⓘ Swedish Singles Chart ⓘ UK Singles Chart ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 2 ⓘ |
| composer | James Dean Bradfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Britpop-era anthem
ⓘ
anthem ⓘ |
| followedBy | Everything Must Go (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | She Is Suffering ⓘ |
| format |
7-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| genre |
Britpop
ⓘ
alternative rock ⓘ |
| hasBside |
Dead Passive
ⓘ
Dead Trees and Traffic Islands ⓘ Mr. Carbohydrate ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoDirector | Pedro Romhanyi ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLyric | Libraries gave us power ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Everything Must Go ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:19 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Manic Street Preachers' most iconic singles
ⓘ
commercial success ⓘ critiquing class inequality ⓘ |
| partOf | Everything Must Go ONNED1 ⓘ |
| performer | Manic Street Preachers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Manic Street Preachers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Hedges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Sony/ATV Music Publishing ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1995 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Epic Records
ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Music
|
| releaseDate | 1996-04-15 ⓘ |
| theme |
class inequality
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ working-class identity ⓘ |
| writer |
James Dean Bradfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicky Wire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1996 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.