A Design for Life

"A Design for Life" is a 1996 song by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers and is the leading single from their fourth studio album Everything Must Go. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom and Scotland, number 48 in New Zealand, number 50 in Australia, number 17 in Ireland and number 11 in Iceland.

Track listings
All music was composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore; all lyrics were written by Nicky Wire except where noted.

 UK CD1; Australian CD and cassette single
 "A Design for Life" – 4:20
 "Mr Carbohydrate" – 4:14
 "Dead Passive" – 3:20
 "Dead Trees and Traffic Islands" (music and lyric James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore, Nicky Wire) – 3:43

 UK CD2 and Japanese CD single
 "A Design for Life" – 4:20
 "A Design for Life" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra version) – 4:48
 "A Design for Life" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra instrumental version) – 4:35
 "Faster" (vocal mix) (music: James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore; lyric: Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards) – 5:46

 UK cassette single
 "A Design for Life" – 4:20
 "Bright Eyes" (live version) (Mike Batt) – 3:14

 UK, European, and US 12-inch single (2016)
A1. "A Design for Life" – 4:48
A2. "Dead Trees and Traffic Islands" – 3:43
B1. "A Design for Life" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra remix) – 4:20
B2. "Mr Carbohydrate" – 4:14

References

Category:1996 songs
Category:Alternative rock songs
Category:Pop songs
Category:Manic Street Preachers songs