''Life's What You Make It'' is an EP by the English

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, released on 7 October 2016. It includes three cover songs (

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's " Life's What You Make It",

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's "Autoluminescent" and

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's "Song #6"), as well as the 2016 single " Jesus' Son" and two live recordings of "

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Background

Singer

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told ''

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'' that Placebo decided to cover "Life's What You Make It" because it's a 1980s song that the band still enjoys. In an interview with ''

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'', he stated: "Our last single 'Jesus Son' and the Talk Talk cover 'Life Is What You Make It' are possibly two of the most commercial tracks that we've ever done. What we have a tendency to do it react allergically against what we’ve just done, so it's highly likely that the next thing we do will be something akin to career suicide." A music video, directed by Sasha Rainbow, was released in June 2017. It was filmed at

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, Ghana, the site of one of the world's largest

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dumps. Despite the film's setting, Molko explained: "The video is not anti-technology. It is about the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity that has not been chosen."

Release

The EP was released on 12" black

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Background

Release

Track listing

Charts

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