Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)
| "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)/ To Step Aside" | ||||
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| Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
| from the album Bilingual | ||||
| A-side | "To Step Aside" (US) | |||
| B-side | "Betrayed", "How I Learned to Hate Rock & Roll" | |||
| Released | 12 August 1996 (UK) 1 April 1997 (US) |
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| Format | 7", 12", CD | |||
| Genre | Latin pop, dance-pop, Axé | |||
| Length | 4:02 | |||
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Parlophone – R 6443 (UK) Atlantic – 85430 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Nego Do Barbalho / Wellington Epiderme Negra / Ademario / Neil Tennant / Chris Lowe | |||
| Producer(s) | Pet Shop Boys, Chris Porter | |||
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"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" is a Pet Shop Boys song that was released as a single on 12 August 1996, and reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart.
The single was one of the most widely played records on UK radio in 1996 and its video set in a water park was shown on both MTV and VH1 on a regular basis that summer.
It was the second single to be lifted from the album Bilingual, which saw the duo take on a Latin influence as a reaction to the Britpop explosion that was prevalent at the time.
In the US, the single was released by Atlantic Records in April 1997 with "To Step Aside" as a double A-side. Thirteen mixes of the track were commissioned and spread over various formats, several of them promotional only. The single did not chart in the States, but following its success in the UK it became a major success all over Europe.
The video for the single was shot at the Wet 'n Wild water theme park in Orlando, Florida and features the actress Eva Mendes in a small role as a teenager with her friends at the theme park. The piece was directed by Bruce Weber.
The correct English translation of "Se a vida é" from Portuguese is actually "If Life Is...". "That's the way life is" would be "É assim que a vida é..." or "A vida é assim".
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