"Luv Your Life" is a song by Australian

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band

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released as the third single from their fourth album, '' Diorama'', on September 2, 2002. The song was composed in the key of C major, and a music video was made in which the band was portrayed as

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characters. This is mostly because frontman

Daniel Johns Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the former frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac ...

was incapacitated by his

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, and the band needed to release another song to prevent commercial momentum for the album from coming to a complete halt. "Luv Your Life" was dedicated by Johns to "all my ladies", and was written on piano and featured an orchestral arrangement by Van Dyke Parks. Bassist

Chris Joannou Christopher Andrew Joannou (born 10 November 1979) is an Australian musician best known as the bassist for the Newcastle-based alternative rock band Silverchair. He is a twin to sister Louise Kipa. He was the first of the three band members to ...

stated that this song is his favourite off the album. The single peaked at number 20 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Singles Chart.

Music video

The animated music video was directed by Steve Scott and James Littlemore. When watching the video, one can see that

and

Ben Gillies Benjamin David Gillies (born 24 October 1979) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of Australian rock band Silverchair from 1992 until the band went on hiatus in 2011. In 2003, Gillies formed Tambalane with Wes Carr, initiall ...

' 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.

Track listings

;Australian CD single (ELEVENCD10) # "Luv Your Life" # "The Greatest View" (on ''

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'') # "Without You" (on ''Rove Live'') # ''Rove Live'' interview with Daniel Johns (audio) # ''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) # "Luv Your Life" # "Luv Your Life" (

Van Dyke Parks Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle'' and for his collaborations with ...

Premix) UK CD Single (7567853812) # "Luv Your Life" # "Asylum" # "Hollywood" # "Ramble"

Charts

References

External links

* * 2002 singles Silverchair songs Songs written by Daniel Johns Rock ballads 2002 songs Eleven: A Music Company singles Virgin Records singles Atlantic Records singles Song recordings produced by David Bottrill Animated music videos {{2000s-rock-single-stub