Life Is Beautiful (Sixx:A.M. song)

"Life Is Beautiful"
Single by Sixx:A.M.
from the album The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack
Released 2007
Format CD
Recorded 2007
Genre Hair metal, alternative metal
Length 3:35
Label Eleven Seven Music
Writer(s) DJ Ashba
James Michael
Nikki Sixx
Producer(s) Sixx:A.M.
Sixx:A.M. singles chronology
"Life Is Beautiful"
(2007)
Pray for Me
(2008)

"Life Is Beautiful" is debut single by Los Angeles-based hard rock band Sixx:A.M., and lead single from their debut album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack. The song was written by Nikki Sixx, founding member of both Sixx:A.M. and Mötley Crüe. "Life Is Beautiful" quickly gained popularity and reached #2 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song is available for download in the Rock Band video games and was used in the promotion of the 2008 horror film One Missed Call.

Song meaning

"Life Is Beautiful" is about Sixx's past drug addiction, the difficulties he encountered while addicted, and his realization that "Life Is Beautiful." Part of the chorus of the song, "Will you swear on your life, that no one will cry at my funeral", is a quote from Sixx's former roommate and co-lead guitarist from Ratt, Robbin Crosby. Years after being turned onto heroin by Sixx, Crosby died from a heroin overdose in 2002, not AIDS which he had been diagnosed with after using a dirty needle to shoot up.

Music video

The music video for the song features band's performance with lyrics and rough hand illustrations scrawled across the screen.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Life is Beautiful" (Radio Mix) 3:47

The drummer in the video is Bones Elias from the bands Heaven Below and Julien-K.

References

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