Lust for Life
Iggy Pop * Track #1 On Lust for Life
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Lust for Life by Iggy Pop
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Iggy PopProduced by
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Musically, “Lust For Life” is deceptively catchy and upbeat for a song about a life ravaged by drug addiction. This has led to the song being used as the laughably incongruous soundtrack of advertisements for clients like Royal Carribean Cruises and Metrobank.
The song was co-written in 1977 by Ig...
Lust for Life Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs and the flesh machine
He's gonna do another striptease
Hey man, where'd you get that lotion?
I been hurting since I bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens
[Chorus]
Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course I've had it in the ear before
'Cause I've a lust for life
'Cause I've a lust for life
[Verse 2]
I'm worth a million in prizes
With my torture film, drive a GTO
Wear a uniform all on a government loan
I'm worth a million in prizes
Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With the liquor and drugs
With the liquor and drugs
[Chorus]
Well, I am just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
'Cause I've a lust for life (lust for life)
'Cause I've a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Got a lust for life
Oh a lust for life
Oh a lust for life
A lust for life
I got a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Well, I am just a modern guy
Of course I've had it in the ear before
Well I've a lust for life
'Cause I've a lust for life
[Verse 3]
Well, here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs, and the flesh machine
I know he's gonna do another striptease
Hey man, where'd you get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Oh, love, love, love
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens
[Chorus]
Well, I am just a modern guy
Of course I've had it in the ear before
And I've a lust for life
(Lust for life)
'Cause I've a lust for life
(Lust for life)
Got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Oh a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
A lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
A lust for life
(Lust for life)
(Lust for life)
Lust for Life Q&A
Who wrote Lust for Life's ?
Lust for Life was written by David Bowie & Iggy Pop.
Who produced Lust for Life's ?
Lust for Life was produced by David Bowie.
When did Iggy Pop release Lust for Life?
Iggy Pop released Lust for Life on Mon Aug 29 1977.
What did Iggy Pop say about "Lust for Life"?
In 2013, Iggy Pop told Q Magazine,
Once a week the Armed Forces Network [in Berlin] would play Starsky & Hutch and that was our little ritual. AFN would broadcast an ID when they came on the air, a representation of a radio tower, and it made a signal sound, ‘beep beep beep beep beep ba beep.’...
Where does the title "Lust for LIfe" come from?
The title Lust for Life was first used for Irving Stone’s 1934 biographical novel about Vincent Van Gogh. In addition to Iggy Pop’s song and album, has also been used to name music by Lana Del Rey, Drake, Childish Gambino, Girls and Heavenly.