21st Century Life


"21st Century Life" is the 2nd single from Sam Sparro's eponymous debut album, released on 21 July 2008.
The Song was featured on one episode of Britannia High and it is also the theme music to the BBC Three drama, Personal Affairs.
The song made it to BBC Radio 1's C-List, but was later dropped.
It was performed on the first live result show on reality television series So You Think You Can Dance Australia on 16 February 2009
The song is one of 50 tracks selected for the official NBA 2K17 soundtrack, which was curated by Grimes, Imagine Dragons and Noah Shebib.

Music video

The video features Sam dancing and singing in front of bright backgrounds intercut with animations of cardboard cut-out characters. The video was directed by Mariah Garnett.

Track listing

;UK CD single
  1. "21st Century Life" - 3:31
  2. "American Boy" - 3:37
  3. "Black and Gold" - 4:19
  4. "No End In Sight" - 3:55
  5. "21st Century Life" - 7:07
;21st Century Life + Remixes - Digital EP 1
  1. 21st Century Life - 3:31
  2. 21st Century Life - 8:27
  3. 21st Century Life - 7:08
  4. 21st Century Life - 4:55
  5. 21st Century Life - 6:23
;21st Century Life + B-Sides - Digital EP 2
  1. 21st Century Life - 4:21
  2. No End in Sight - 3:55
  3. American Boy - 3:37
  4. 21st Century Life - 8:27
  5. 21st Century Life - 7:09

    Official versions and remixes

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sam Sparro.
On 27 July 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #77 on downloads alone and peaked at #44. Even though the single was released in 2008 the song did not chart in the Australian ARIA charts until February 2009.
Chart Peak
Position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart42
Japan Hot 10087
UK Singles Chart44