Double Life (song)
Encyclopedia
"Double Life" is a single by the American rock
band The Cars
from their second album Candy-O
. The song consists of a beginning verse of Ric Ocasek singing as lead vocals, later followed by all of the band members taking part in a backing vocal verse with Ocasek, who is still singing as lead during the whole band's verse as backing vocals at the same time. Then it leads into a guitar solo with the vocal verse following the same pattern as the beginning verse throughout the song.
Allmusic reviewer Greg Prato states the song "embraces modern pop",, but he probably was just referring to the songs chart position because if a song charts in the top 40's, then it is sometimes called pop. Just like most of The Cars hits, it received heavy airplay on classic rock radio stations..
, and is around 12 seconds longer than the Candy-O version.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band The Cars
The Cars
The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...
from their second album Candy-O
Candy-O
Candy-O is the second studio album by the American rock band The Cars, released in 1979.- Cover art :The album cover was painted by artist Alberto Vargas, known for his paintings of pin-up girls that appeared in Esquire and Playboy magazines in the 1940s and 1960s...
. The song consists of a beginning verse of Ric Ocasek singing as lead vocals, later followed by all of the band members taking part in a backing vocal verse with Ocasek, who is still singing as lead during the whole band's verse as backing vocals at the same time. Then it leads into a guitar solo with the vocal verse following the same pattern as the beginning verse throughout the song.
Allmusic reviewer Greg Prato states the song "embraces modern pop",, but he probably was just referring to the songs chart position because if a song charts in the top 40's, then it is sometimes called pop. Just like most of The Cars hits, it received heavy airplay on classic rock radio stations..
Appearances
"Double Life" appears on the compilation, Just What I Needed: The Cars AnthologyJust What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology is a career compilation from the 80s New Wave rock group The Cars...
, and is around 12 seconds longer than the Candy-O version.