"Life Is Sweet" is a song by the English big beat duo the Chemical Brothers, released in August 1995 by Virgin as the second and final single from their first album, Exit Planet Dust (1995). It features Tim Burgess from English rock band the Charlatans on vocals. "Life Is Sweet" reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception

Paul Lester from Melody Maker commented, "Imagine "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees via The Prodigy's nucleartechno control panel." Simon Williams from NME named it Single of the Week, adding, "Crunchy on the outside! And crunchy on the inside, too! Fact: 'Life Is Sweet' is so good it has just made a car crash in my street." Another NME editor, Stephen Dalton, wrote, "Stumble out into the dawn streets with a still-buzzing Tim Burgess on the glorious "Life is Sweet", his choirboy voice royally f—ed up and slumped across a mere slip of melody."

Music video

The music video for the song shows The Chemical Brothers playing the song and controlling four people: a couple and two "children". In the video, The Chemical Brothers realise that some of their equipment is breaking and Tom Rowlands tries to fix it while singer Tim Burgess watches them through a hole in the wall.

Track listings

The remixes of the song notably contain very little of the original track. Daft Punk's remix was reportedly only the duo's third released recording. "If I Kling to Me I'll Klong to You" originally appeared on the 12-inch only My Mercury Mouth E.P (1994).

Charts