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Quiet Life (song)

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Quiet Life is a song by the British new wave band Japan. It is the title track of their 1979 album Quiet Life.

Quiet Life was released as a single in Japan in 1979 and in Germany and The Netherlands in 1980. In the UK it was released as the B-side of the unsuccessful single I Second That Emotion in 1980.[1] Following the commercial success of the bands 1981 album Tin Drum Hansa Records reissued the song as a single that year and it became a top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 19 in October 1981.[2]

Track Listings

Japan 7" 1979
  1. Quiet Life
  2. Halloweeen
German and Dutch 7" 1980
  1. Quiet Life
  2. Second That Emotion
UK 7" single 1981
  1. Quiet Life
  2. A Foreign Place
UK 12" single 1981
  1. Quiet Life (Extended Version)
  2. A Foreign Place
  3. Fall In Love With Me

References