"Luv Your Life" is a song by Australian rock band Silverchair released as the third single from their fourth album, Diorama, on September 2, 2002.[2] The song was composed in the key of C major,[3] and a music video was made in which the band was portrayed as animated characters. This is mostly because frontman Daniel Johns was incapacitated by his reactive arthritis, and the band needed to release another song to prevent commercial momentum for the album from coming to a complete halt.[citation needed] "Luv Your Life" was dedicated by Johns to "all my ladies",[4] and was written on piano and featured an orchestral arrangement by Van Dyke Parks.[5] Bassist Chris Joannou stated that this song is his favourite off the album.[5] The single peaked at number 20 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Singles Chart.[6]

"Luv Your Life"
Single by Silverchair
from the album Diorama
Released2 September 2002[1]
StudioStudios 301 and Mangrove Studios, Australia
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:12
LabelEleven/Virgin (Australia and South-East Asia), Atlantic Europe
Songwriter(s)Daniel Johns
Producer(s)David Bottrill, Daniel Johns
Silverchair singles chronology
"Without You"
(2002)
"Luv Your Life"
(2002)
"After All These Years"
(2002)

Music video edit

The animated music video was directed by Steve Scott and James Littlemore.[7] When watching the video, one can see that Chris Joannou and Ben Gillies' animated characters seem to be more fluid and realistic than Daniel's. This may be due to Chris and Ben doing some sort of motion capture for the making of the video.[citation needed]

Track listings edit

Australian CD single (ELEVENCD10)
  1. "Luv Your Life"
  2. "The Greatest View" (on Rove Live)
  3. "Without You" (on Rove Live)
  4. Rove Live interview with Daniel Johns (audio)
  5. Rove Live interview with Daniel Johns (video)
  • Tracks 2, 3, 4, and 5 were recorded live on 2 April 2002 on Rove Live.
Australian 7" promo vinyl (ltd 500 copies, now deleted) (ELEVENV10)
  1. "Luv Your Life"
  2. "Luv Your Life" (Van Dyke Parks Premix)

UK CD Single (7567853812)

  1. "Luv Your Life"
  2. "Asylum"
  3. "Hollywood"
  4. "Ramble"

Charts edit

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 20
UK Singles Chart[8] 187

References edit

  1. ^ "Chairpage News Archive". Chairpage.com. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ ""Luv Your Life" Hits Australian Shelves On Monday - Exclusive Competition". chairpage.com. August 30, 2002.
  3. ^ "Silverchair : Luv Your Life". Tunebat.com. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Silver Side UP". Kerrang!. June 9, 2003.
  5. ^ a b ""Diorama" - Track by Track". chairpage.com. March 1, 2002.
  6. ^ a b "Silverchair – "Luv Your Life"". Australian charts portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Luv Your Life (2002) by Silverchair". IMVDb. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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