Live It Up (Mental As Anything song)

"Live It Up"
Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Fundamental
B-side "Good Friday"
Released April 1985 (1985-04)
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1984
Length 3:45
Label WEA (Australia)
Epic (Europe)
Columbia (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) Greedy Smith
Producer(s) Richard Gottehrer

"Live It Up" is a single by Australian rock band Mental As Anything, first released in 1985 in Australia and then in Europe and the U.S. in 1986/87. It is the band's most successful and most popular song, reaching the Top 20 in various countries. The song peaked at #2 in Australia and Ireland, #3 in the UK,[1] #4 in Norway, #6 in Germany and New Zealand, #15 in Austria and #20 in Sweden. It appears on the band's 1985 album, Fundamental. "Live It Up" was released in 1986 & 1987 in Europe after it featured in the hit film "Crocodile" Dundee. The song was also used in the 2018 horror film, The Strangers: Prey at Night.

"Live It Up" has been placed in the collection of the Australian National Film and Sound Archive, with the song being described as "wistful and yet danceable".[2]

Track listing

UK 7" single[3]

A. "Live It Up"
B. "Good Friday"

UK 12" single[4]

A. "Live It Up" (Extended Remix)
B1. "Three Steps"
B2. "Good Friday"

References

  1. ↑ "Mental As Anything | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. ↑ Australia, National Film and Sound Archive of (11 September 2018). "'Live it Up' - Mental As Anything". www.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mental As Anything - Live It Up (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  4. ↑ "Mental As Anything - Live It Up (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
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