"Lush Life" is a song by Swedish singer

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. The song was released as the lead single from her second and international debut studio album, '' So Good,'' on 5 June 2015 in Sweden, and 9 June 2015 worldwide. A remix featuring

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was released on 26 February 2016. On 27 August 2021, in celebration of the song surpassing 1 billion streams on

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, Larsson revealed that the released version of "Lush Life" was originally a remix, and released the original version under the name "Retro Version".

Critical reception

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'' described "Lush Life" as "naggingly catchy".

Commercial performance

"Lush Life" topped the charts in Sweden for five weeks, becoming Larsson's second number–one single in her home country, also topping the charts in Mexico and Poland. It also peaked at number two in Denmark, Ireland (where it spent 17 consecutive weeks in the top ten), and Norway, number three in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (after an 11-week climb), number four in Germany, Austria and Australia, and number six in Finland. The song debuted at number 97 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in July 2016 after previously peaking at number two on the

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chart, where it spent 27 weeks. "Lush Life" has been streamed over 1 billion times on

Music video

There are three videos for "Lush Life". The first was directed by Måns Nyman, who had previously directed the video for " Bad Boys", for the song's original release in Sweden. The first version shows Larsson dancing in front of a white background, along with scenes of her reclining while wearing sunglasses and dialing a telephone. The second version is a recut version of the first with coloring and visual effects added, which was released to international markets. The international version of the video has received over 700 million views on

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so far. The third video was made for the US release of "Lush Life" and released on 5 July 2016. It was directed by Mary Clerté. The video shows Larsson dancing in pastel-hued sets. Some sequences feature

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s and a love interest played by

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In popular culture

"Lush Life" was featured in several TV series and telenovelas including '' Super Shore'', ''

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.'' In Chile, the song was featured commercial clothes Marquis in Ripley. "Lush Life" is featured on ''

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Track listing

Personnel

* Henrik Larsson – A&R * James F Reynolds – mixing * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Björn Engelmann – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{authority control 2015 singles 2015 songs Epic Records singles Number-one singles in Sweden Zara Larsson songs Songs with feminist themes English-language Swedish songs Songs written by Freedo (producer) Songs written by Marcus Sepehrmanesh Electropop songs Songs written by Linnea Södahl