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The essay was used in its entirety by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann on his 1998 album Something for Everybody, as "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". Also known as "The Sunscreen Song", [ 4 ] it samples Luhrmann's remixed version of the song " Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) " by Rozalla , and opens with the words, "Ladies and ...
This samples Quindon Tarver's gospel remake of the Rozalla hit "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)," from the soundtrack to the 1996 Romeo & Juliet film, which was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The lyrics are from an essay called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" by columnist Mary Schmich. It first appeared in 1997 in the Chicago ...
Jun 7, 1999 · This mistake fooled Luhrmann and his collaborators, who decided to remix the speech using a backing from Rozalla's Everybody's Free, which was used in Baz's Romeo + Juliet. After trying to contact Vonnegut, they stumbled upon Schmich being the real author and managed to get permission to do the song on a tight deadline.
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Apr 21, 2022 · Soon after the column’s publication, Australian film director Baz Luhrmann was working alongside Anton Monsted and Josh Abrahams on a remix to the 1991 song “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)," by Rozalla. The song had appeared in Luhrmann’s film “William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.”.
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Apr 30, 2013 · The backing track for Luhrmann's version of the speech is "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)," by Zambian musician Rozalla. Quindon Tarver, who covered Prince's "When Doves Cry" for "Romeo+Juliet," sings the chorus on the song. There are a number of other versions of the essay, but Luhrmann's is by far the most popular.
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Apr 19, 2024 · It wasn’t a love ballad, nor was it a dance track that commanded listeners to the floor. It was “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen),” a spoken word song by Baz Luhrmann that offered life advice against a backdrop of gentle music.
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Jun 23, 2022 · In any event Luhrmann and co. were instantly impressed by the text. They liked it so much that they promptly got Schmich’s permission to use it in a track based on that song. In “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”, Schmich’s words are being recited by an Aussie voice actor Lee Perry.
