This Is the Life (Hannah Montana song)

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This Is the Life (Hannah Montana song) - Wikipedia

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"This Is the Life"
Song by Miley Cyrus
from the album Hannah Montana
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop rock country pop teen pop
Length	3:02
Label	Walt Disney
Songwriter(s)	Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil and Jay Landers
Producer(s)	Matthew Gerrard

"This Is the Life" is a pop song by American recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus. She is performing as Hannah Montana – the alter ego of Miley Stewart, a character she plays on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. The song was written by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, and Jay Landers and produced by Gerrard. In the United States, the song peaked at number eighty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and within the top seventy on the Pop 100. Its appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 made Cyrus the first act to have seven songs appear on the chart in the same week. A music video for "This Is the Life" was released, taken from footage of a concert performance.

Background and composition

"This Is The Life" was composed by Matthew Gerrard with the aid of Robbie Nevil and Jay Landers. Gerrard co-wrote a total of six songs on Hannah Montana while Nevil co-wrote four and Landers two.^[1] A karaoke version appears on Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana (2007),^[2] while a remixed version appears on Hits Remixed (2008).^[3] The song first premiered on Radio Disney on 2006 in order to promote the series.

"This Is The Life" is pop song with a length of three minutes and fifteen seconds. The song incorporates various teen pop styles within its music, according to Allmusic.^[4] The song is set in common time and has a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. It is written in the key of E major and Cyrus' vocals span two octaves, from B₃ to C♯₅. "This Is The Life" follows the chord progression of E–A.^[5] Chris William of Entertainment Weekly perceived the lyrics of "This Is The Life" pertained to individualism, noting the lines "I'm individual / I'm not like anyone".

Reception

Critical reception

Chris William of Entertainment Weekly described "This Is The Life"'s style as a simultaneous mimic of the styles of Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, and Britney Spears, which he felt contracted its lyrical theme.^{[citation needed]}

Chart performance

As it was not released as a single, "This Is the Life" received exclusive airplay on Radio Disney, thus its chart appearances consisted mainly of digital downloads. On the week ending August 5, 2006, the song debuted at number ninety-two on the Billboard Hot 100; succeeding the appearance, the song dropped from the chart. Following the release of the Hannah Montana soundtrack, the song entered Billboard's Hot Digital Songs Chart at number forty-four, which led to a reappearance on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending November 11, 2006.^[6] The record was later duplicated by Taylor Swift.^[7] The song also peaked at number sixty-three on the now-defunct Pop 100 Chart.^[8] "This Is the Life" peaked at number sixty-five on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles Chart, but failed to enter the Canadian Hot 100.^[8]

Live performances

Cyrus, costumed as Montana, first performed "This Is The Life", along with four other songs, at the concert taping for the first season of Hannah Montana. The performance was later released as the song's music video on April 10, 2006 on Disney Channel. Cyrus also performed the song on twenty dates in the fall of 2006, when she opened for the Cheetah Girls' 2006 and 2007 concert tour The Party's Just Begun Tour.

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Hot Canadian Digital Singles^[8]	65
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	83
U.S. Pop 100^[8]	63

References

^ Hannah Montana liner notes [CD] Walt Disney Records (2006).
^ "Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana". Walt Disney Records. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ "Walmart CD: Hannah Montana Hits Remixed (Wal-Mart Exclusive)". Walmart.com. Wal-Mart. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ "Hannah Montana Overview". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ "Digital sheet music - Hannah Montana - This Is The Life". Musicnotes.com. Alfred Publishing. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "Chart Beat". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 2, 2006. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ Cohen, Jonathan (November 20, 2008). "Taylor Swift Notches Six Hot 100 Debuts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hannah Montana > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

External links

This Is The Life on YouTube

v t e Hannah Montana
Characters	Miley Stewart Robby Stewart
Episodes	Season 1 "Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" Season 2 "Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas" Season 3 "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" Season 4 "I'll Always Remember You" "Wherever I Go"
Feature films	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Hannah Montana: The Movie
Discography	Hannah Montana Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Party Best of Both Worlds Concert Hannah Montana Hits Remixed Hannah Montana: The Movie Hannah Montana 3 Hannah Montana Forever
Songs	"The Best of Both Worlds" "Who Said" "Pumpin' Up the Party" "If We Were a Movie" "I Got Nerve" "This Is the Life" "Nobody's Perfect" "Make Some Noise" "Life's What You Make It" "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" "Let's Get Crazy" "Let's Do This" "He Could Be the One" "I Wanna Know You" "Supergirl" "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" "Ordinary Girl" "Gonna Get This" "I'm Still Good"
Concerts and tours	Hannah Montana: Live in London Best of Both Worlds Tour
Merchandise	Books Home video releases Video games
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