Living in a Box ( song ) - Wikipedia Living in a Box ( song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2016 ) `` Living in a Box '' Single by Living in a Box from the album Living in a Box Released 23 March 1987 Format 7 ``, 12 '', CD Recorded 1985 -- 1987 Genre Sophisti - pop Length 3 : 02, 6 : 10 Label Chrysalis Songwriter ( s ) Marcus Vere, Steve Piggot Producer ( s ) Richard James Burgess, Tom Lord - Alge Living in a Box singles chronology `` Living in a Box '' ( 1987 ) `` Scales of Justice '' ( 1987 ) `` Living in a Box '' ( 1987 ) `` Scales of Justice '' ( 1987 ) `` Living in a Box '' is a song by Living in a Box released on 23 March 1987 as their first single from the album of the same name. It was the group 's biggest hit single, together with ' Room In Your Heart ', both reaching No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, ' Living In A Box ' became the group 's only Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was covered by Bobby Womack, who had worked with Living in a Box on their debut album ; his version reached No. 70 in the UK, and was a minor US hit. The song 's title came from a comment by a friend of the band 's songwriter and keyboard player Marcus Vere. The friend lived in a small council flat in Sheffield, England prompting him to remark `` I feel like I 'm living in a cardboard box ! '', referring to the sense of feeling enclosed. Use in media This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2016 ) Was used in the 1987 live action Masters of the Universe movie. Was featured in the 1987 coming of age teen drama Ca n't Buy Me Love. From August 2013, the song was used in a Vodafone TV commercial. The song is featured in the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows versions of Grand Theft Auto V on Non Stop Pop FM. Was featured in the 2016 Black Mirror episode, San Junipero. Has been used numerous times on BBC renovation show Homes Under the Hammer, particularly when the show is featuring very small properties / rooms. Opening theme song of The Aaron Rand Show on CJAD 800, a radio station in Montreal. References Jump up ^ Inskeep, Thomas ; Soto, Alfred. `` The Bluffer 's Guide -- Sophisti - Pop ''. Stylus. Retrieved 28 April 2016. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 325. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 608. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. This 1980s single - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Living_in_a_Box_(song)&oldid=824019792 '' Categories : 1987 singles Debut singles Living in a Box songs 1987 songs Chrysalis Records singles 1980s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2016 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 4 February 2018, at 21 : 05. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings i'm living in a box a cardboard box
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