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  1. The "Wear Sunscreen" speech is narrated by Australian voice actor Lee Perry. [3][10][11] The backing is the choral version of "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)", a 1991 song by Rozalla, used in Luhrmann's film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. The chorus, also from "Everybody's Free", is sung by Quindon Tarver.

  2. Wear Sunscreen or the Sunscreen Speech are the common names of an essay actually called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" written by Ma...

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  3. Jan 1, 1998 · Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Lyrics: Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97: / Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term ...

  4. Apr 19, 2024 · 19th April 2024. Music. Twenty-five years ago, the airwaves were captivated by a song that was unlike anything else on the charts. 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 ...

  5. Sep 15, 2019 · How director Baz Luhrmann’s unusual pop song became a global hit. Twenty years ago the music track, Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) became a global hit. It featured a wise-sounding man ...

  6. 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 ...

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  8. Jun 23, 2020 · In 1999 filmmaker Baz Luhrmann released the song “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen,” a 7-minute-long graduation speech set to downtempo electronic music. It was a highly unlikely hit that made its way across continents and eventually into the ears of a young Avery Trufelman via the album NOW That’s What I Call Music Volume 2. For over ...