The Life of Riley (song)
1992 single by The Lightning Seeds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Life of Riley" is a song by British band The Lightning Seeds. It was released in 1992 from the album Sense.
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"The Life of Riley" | ||||
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Single by The Lightning Seeds | ||||
from the album Sense | ||||
Released | 2 March 1992 (1992-03-02)[1] | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ian Broudie | |||
Producer(s) | Ian Broudie Simon Rogers | |||
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The song was a minor hit when it was first released on 2 March 1992, reaching number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. However the song later gained popularity when the BBC football programme, Match of the Day, began to use it frequently for segments including "Goal of the Month", throughout most of the 1990s.[2] The song was still associated with the programme many years later and featured in a similar "Goal of the Day" segment in the mid-2000s.[3] It is still occasionally used for the same section as of 2023.