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Lust for Life (song)
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| "Lust for Life" | |||||
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| Song by Iggy Pop | |||||
| Album | Lust for Life | ||||
| Released | 1977 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Punk | ||||
| Length | 5:13 | ||||
| Writer | Iggy Pop David Bowie |
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| Producer | Bewlay Bros. | ||||
| Lust for Life track listing | |||||
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"Lust for Life" is a 1977 song by Iggy Pop, featured on the album Lust for Life. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #147 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Co-written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie, the song is known for its Motown Shuffle drumbeat (played by Hunt Sales) which opens the song. The rhythm was originally used in the song You Can't Hurry Love, written by the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team and performed by The Supremes.
In 1996, the song gained increased popularity when it was used in the introduction of the film Trainspotting. Indeed, this usage made UGO's list of Top 11 Uses of Classic Rock in Cinema
It is also used as the theme song to the U.S. radio program The Jim Rome Show.
This song has been used in commercials for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, although the lyrics were heavily changed so that, for example, "with liquor and drugs" was replaced by "looks so fine".
The song appears on The Simpsons in the episode "The Regina Monologues" as Bart and Lisa visit a candy shop in London.
It was also used in a music montage in an episode of The Drew Carey Show.