Life's What You Make It (Talk Talk song)

"Life's What You Make It"
Original release
Single by Talk Talk
from the album The Colour of Spring
B-side"It's Getting Late in the Evening"
Released18 November 1985 (1985-11-18) (EU)
  6 January 1986 (1986-01-06) (UK)
Recorded1985
Studio
GenreNew wave
Length4:29
Label
Songwriters
ProducerTim Friese-Greene
Talk Talk UK singles chronology
"Dum Dum Girl"
(1984)
"Life's What You Make It"
(1986)
"Living in Another World"
(1986)
Music video
"Life's What You Make It" on YouTube

"Life's What You Make It" is a song by English band Talk Talk, initially released in Germany on 18 November 1985 as the first single from the band's third studio album The Colour of Spring, before being released in the UK on 6 January 1986 and becoming a hit, peaking at No. 16, and charted in numerous other countries, often reaching the top 20. It appeared at No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 the weeks of February 15 and 22, 1986.

Artist James Marsh created the single's cover illustration. The track was re-released as a single in 1990, charting for a second time.