This, however, seemed to offer scant consolation to Vearncombe. So thatвЂ™s surely cause for some gratitude, no? After all, most songwriters canвЂ™t even claim to have one hit. So why, after a few years, did he eventually go back on the road with James, Sit Down and all вЂ“ and, to the untrained eye, even seem to enjoy playing that song? Because, according to KГјbler-RossвЂ™s model, the entire process all ends in stage five, acceptance вЂ“ perhaps even a gratitude that you actually did have a hit that meant so much to people. So, in 2001, rather than have to sing Sit Down one more time, Tim Booth disbanded James to devote his life to teaching a quasi-shamanic вЂњmovement meditation practiceвЂќ called 5rhythms. Stage four, the depressive stage, is more often than not, characterised by the dissolution of a band.

In a move typical of the bargaining phase, Liam took to reinserting Oasis songs into the encore as an enticement for people to hear his other, less familiar material. Ditto Liam Gallagher, whose early shows with Beady Eye conspicuously featured no Oasis songs вЂ“ well, at least they didnвЂ™t until stage three kicked in. In the documentary, Ralph McTell confided that, for a time, his annoyance prompted him to even drop his 1974 No 2 hit Streets of London from his live set. Then comes the anger stage, resentment at people who just want to hear you play that song. In 1996, watching Weezer in the wake of their breakout hit Buddy Holly, I was privy to the squirm-inducing spectacle of a Denver concert hall emptying out within a minute of the songвЂ™s final note. Just as the newly bereaved often attempt to carry on as if nothing has happened, artists whose massive hit is still fresh in the collective memory will typically embark on a tour and place the song early in the set, willing themselves to believe that people turning up to see them didnвЂ™t just come along to hear The Hit. The hypothesis, as applied to musicians, ran roughly along these lines.

The programme was predicated on the hypothesis that the process of coming to terms with a huge career-defining hit followed a similar pattern to Elisabeth KГјbler-RossвЂ™s five stages of grief. He was one of five musicians I interviewed for a BBC Radio 4 documentary called How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love My Albatross вЂ“ and, of all the musicians I spoke to, he was the most conflicted about the effect that the song had on his life. Of his first marriage.If, for a few hours on social media, there was no getting away from that song, imagine what the past three decades must have felt like for Vearncombe. This song was written by Colin Vearncombe (aka Black) andД«lack accredits the creation of this song to the dissolution And these locations are: New Brighton Lighthouse, Southport (Merseyside) and Wallasey.

The music video to вЂњWonderful LifeвЂќ was shot at three different locations in England.

The 1987 release of this classic was featured on BlackвЂ™s debut album, also entitled Wonderful Life.В It also made an appearance on the soundtrackВ on the 2006 comedy film Starter for 10.

Furthermore, it broke the top 10 in several places such as Australia, France and the Netherlands.

It was subsequently re-released by A&M Records in 1987.В This outing proved to be much-more successful, as the track then peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.

In that particular instance it managed to reach number 72 on the UK Singles Chart.

вЂњWonderful LifeвЂќ wasВ initially releasedВ by Ugly Man Records in 1986.

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