Low Life

"Low Life"
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Recorded by The Police
Released:	1981
Recorded:	1979
Length:	3:45
Album(s):	Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings
Label(s):	A&M
Writer(s):	Sting
Producer(s):	The Police, Nigel Gray
Studio(s):	Surrey Sound Studios
Released as single?	B-SIDE

"Low Life" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police in 1979.

About the song

Sting had the idea for this song while being in Hamburg with Eberhard Schoener on 1979-01-13. The song was recorded in 1979 while working on the Reggatta de Blanc album. Olaf Kübler played saxophone.

Personnel

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Release History

Albums

Low Life appears on the following album releases:

Cover art	Album title	Release date	Release country
	Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings	1993-MM-DD	UK

Singles

CD Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	Songs	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"Song"(s)	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

7" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song/B-side song	Release date	Release country
	AMS 8194	"Spirits In The Material World"/"Low Life"	1981-MM-DD	UK
	AM 47.040	"Spirits In The Material World"/"Low Life"	1981-MM-DD	Brazil
	AMS 9186	"Spirits In The Material World"/"Low Life"	1981-MM-DD	Germany, The Netherlands, Italy
	AMS 9186	"Spirits In The Material World"/"Low Life"	1981-MM-DD	Spain
	K 8647	"Spirits In The Material World"/"Low Life"	1981-MM-DD	New Zealand
	AMRS 1376	"Spirits In The Material World"/"Low Life"	1981-MM-DD	South Africa

12" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary)	1979-12-01	Country

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

Cover art	Video title	Release date	Release country
	Video or dvd title	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Fatal fascination for the seedy part of town
Walk down the street and your head spins round
Don't be seen alone without your friends at night
Take a gun or a knife to the low life

Don't have to be born into this society
Pay for love but the hate comes free
Bring enough money for the rest of your life
Don't bring your wife to the low life

Bringing us there to the degradation
Always keep your back to the wall
No rewards for your infatuation
Low life
No life at all
Yeah, low life, low life

In here to long to be afraid anymore
You can't reach the bed so you sleep on the floor
You get so stoned you think you could fly
But you won't get high on the low life

Low life

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

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References

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