Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

E95849
comedy song single song

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a famous comedic song from Monty Python's film "Life of Brian," known for its upbeat melody and ironic, darkly humorous lyrics about staying cheerful in the face of adversity.

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Label Occurrences
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life canonical 10
"Always look on the bright side of life" 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy song ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith British comedy ⓘ
Monty Python ⓘ
composer Eric Idle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs famous comedic song from Life of Brian ⓘ
featuredIn Life of Brian ⓘ
surface form: Monty Python's Life of Brian
firstAppearance final scene of Life of Brian ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
novelty song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasChorusLine Always Look on the Bright Side of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Always look on the bright side of life"
hasContrast upbeat melody with darkly humorous lyrics ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequently played at funerals in the UK ⓘ
popular sing-along at public events ⓘ
hasKey F major ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme cheerfulness in adversity ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ
ironic optimism ⓘ
hasMood cheerful ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle upbeat ⓘ
hasPopularity cult classic ⓘ
hasTempo moderate ⓘ
hasTimeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
hasType film song ⓘ
satirical song ⓘ
includedIn Monty Python Sings ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Eric Idle ⓘ
notableFor use of irony ⓘ
whistling hook ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1979 ⓘ
partOf Life of Brian ⓘ
performer Eric Idle ⓘ
Monty Python ⓘ
recordedFor soundtrack of Life of Brian ⓘ
recordLabel Virgin Records ⓘ
subjectOf cover versions by various artists ⓘ
live performances by Eric Idle ⓘ
usedAs closing song in Life of Brian ⓘ
usedIn Spamalot ⓘ
surface form: stage musical Spamalot
writer Eric Idle ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eric Idle → wroteSong → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
Brian Cohen in Monty Python’s Life of Brian → associatedSong → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Cohen
Life of Brian → hasSong → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
Idle → wrote → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Idle
Idle → notableSong → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Idle
Spamalot → notableSong → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life → hasChorusLine → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Always look on the bright side of life"
Monty Python Live (Mostly) → includes → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
A Symphony of British Music → notableSongFeatured → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
Monty Python Sings → hasTrack → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ
Brian Cohen → associatedSong → Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ⓘ