The glamorous life

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The glamorous life
  US 7th 06/16/1984 (26 weeks)
  UK 96 10/27/1984 (1 week)
The Glamorous Life (1985)
  UK 97 04/27/1985 (1 week)

The Glamorous Life is a 1984 song published by the US musician Sheila E. , the Prince wrote , composed , arranged and produced has. The piece is on their album of the same name and was released as a pre-release on May 2, 1984 . It is the only top ten hit for Sheila E. in the US charts. The Glamorous Life has influences from funk and jazz.

history

Prince recorded The Glamorous Life on December 27, 1983 in his then recording studio. In early 1984 Sheila E. took over the lead vocals and added drumming. The lyrics are about a woman for whom a “glamorous life” was more important than true love in the beginning. Prince's original version was released on the Originals album in early June 2019 .

On May 2, 1984, The Glamorous Life was released as a pre-release single from the Sheila E. album of the same name. The song was re-released in the UK on October 15, 1984, and in the US on April 15, 1985.

Music video

The music video was directed by Mary Lambert, the game scenes were shot in black and white photography , the recordings of the musical performance in color. At the beginning, three eccentrically dressed and partly masked people dance, Sheila E. drives by in the car in the form of the protagonist. The three people walk past a shop dancing. This is followed by shots of Sheila E. with the drums in the foreground; the accompanying studio musicians play keyboard and guitar, among other things, and act more on the sidelines. While Sheila E. sings the song in the studio, the action continues in cutscenes: When the journey ends, Sheila E. gets out of the car in a fur coat and goes to a woman who is sitting on a park bench, depressed. She gives Sheila E. flowers, who then pushes a few banknotes into her hand. A man approaches Sheila E., they both embrace. In the course of the plot, the protagonist cuddles with men in different places.

Sheila E. can be seen on the drums during her performance, whirling around several times, throwing her drumsticks into the air and also striking the raised crash cymbal with her foot without losing the rhythm. The three people can be seen again; At the end of the video, the game and music scenes are blurred, Sheila E. slowly walks down a flight of stairs.

Cover versions

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart placements:
  2. ↑ The Glamorous Life on Allmusic (English), Album Review by Alex Henderson
  3. ^ The Glamorous Life on Allmusic , Song Review by Stewart Mason
  4. ↑ http://princevault.com/index.php?title=Single:_The_Glamorous_Life
  5. ^ Video for The Glamorous Life on Dailymotion.com, accessed June 9, 2011
  6. ↑ Sheila E. "The Glamorous Life" on WhoSampled.com