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The Way Life’s Meant to Be by Electric Light Orchestra

First released: 31 Jul 1981, Length: 4:38

Creators (9)

Conductor

  1. Rainer Pietsch (1981)

Instruments

  1. Bev Bevan (1981) percussion, drums (drum set)
  2. Jeff Lynne (1981) guitar, synthesizer, piano
  3. Kelly Groucutt (1981) bass
  4. Richard Tandy (1981) electric piano, guitar, synthesizer, piano

Vocals

  1. Jeff Lynne (1981) lead vocals

Engineer

  1. Mack

Producer

  1. Jeff Lynne

Locations

Recorded At

  1. Musicland Studios (1981)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. The Way Life’s Meant to Be (1981)

    Composer

    1. Jeff Lynne

    Lyricist

    1. Jeff Lynne

Releases containing this recording (46)

Official

Album

  1. Time 31 Jul 1981 Electric Light Orchestra
  2. Time 31 Jul 1981 Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Time 1981 Electric Light Orchestra
  4. Time 1981 Electric Light Orchestra
  5. Time 1981 Electric Light Orchestra
  6. Time 1987 Electric Light Orchestra
  7. Time 1989 Electric Light Orchestra
  8. Time 01 Sep 1990 Electric Light Orchestra
  9. Time 23 Oct 1990 Electric Light Orchestra
  10. Time Jun 1991 Electric Light Orchestra
  11. Time 1991 Electric Light Orchestra
  12. Time 11 Jun 2001 Electric Light Orchestra
  13. Time 12 Jun 2001 Electric Light Orchestra
  14. Time 12 Jun 2001 Electric Light Orchestra
  15. Time 2001 Electric Light Orchestra
  16. Time 21 Feb 2007 Electric Light Orchestra
  17. Time 08 Oct 2007 Electric Light Orchestra
  18. Time 2010 Electric Light Orchestra
  19. Time 2013 Electric Light Orchestra
  20. Time 30 Oct 2015 Electric Light Orchestra

Album - Compilation

  1. Discovery + Time 1989 Electric Light Orchestra
  2. Discovery / Time 1992 Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Time 1992 Electric Light Orchestra
  4. Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra 27 Oct 1997 Electric Light Orchestra
  5. Light Years Nov 1997 Electric Light Orchestra
  6. The Danish Collection 1997 Electric Light Orchestra
  7. Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra 1997 Electric Light Orchestra
  8. The Swedish Collection: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra 2000 Electric Light Orchestra
  9. The Ultimate Collection 30 Jul 2001 Electric Light Orchestra
  10. The Ultimate Collection 2001 Electric Light Orchestra
  11. Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra 2003 Electric Light Orchestra
  12. Discovery / Time 2006 Electric Light Orchestra
  13. Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, Volume 2 15 Oct 2007 Electric Light Orchestra
  14. Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, Volume 2 08 Feb 2008 Electric Light Orchestra
  15. Original Album Classics 25 Oct 2010 Electric Light Orchestra
  16. Original Album Classics 2010 Electric Light Orchestra
  17. The Essential Electric Light Orchestra 07 Oct 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  18. The Essential Electric Light Orchestra 07 Oct 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  19. The Essential Electric Light Orchestra 07 Oct 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  20. The Essential Electric Light Orchestra 24 Oct 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  21. The Classic Albums Collection 14 Nov 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  22. The Classic Albums Collection 14 Nov 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  23. The Essential Electric Light Orchestra 2011 Electric Light Orchestra
  24. The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra 25 Nov 2015 Electric Light Orchestra
  25. ELO 50th Anniversary, Vol. 2 12 Nov 2021 Electric Light Orchestra