Inner City Life
"Inner City Life" is an EP of remixes of the title track from UK electronic artist Goldie, released by FFRR Records on November 21, 1994.
"Inner City Life" is a 1994 song by British electronic musician Goldie featuring vocals by British singer Diane Charlemagne and is taken from his acclaimed 1995 debut album, Timeless, released on November 21st. It is widely considered one of the most iconic drum and bass works of its era, and peaked at number 39 in the UK. NME ranked it No. 11 in their list of the "50 best songs of 1994". In 2013, it was ranked No. 30 in Mixmag's list of "50 Greatest Dance Tracks of All Time".
"Inner City Life" is a portion of the album's first track, "Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah", which is a 21-minute opus. The song fuses the breakbeats and basslines common in jungle with orchestral textures and soul vocals by Diane Charlemagne. It has been described as a ghetto-blues ballad, 'a yearning reverie of sanctuary from "inner-city pressure"' and features a sample from Ike Turner's song "Funky Mule", from his 1969 album A Black Man's Soul. Goldie/Metal Heads became the first jungle act to make the Radio One playlist, albeit the N-list, with the track.
"Inner City Life" peaked at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994. In 1995, it re-entered the chart, peaking at No. 39. "Inner City Life" was performed live at The Word on Channel 4 and it was included on the soundtrack to the film Trainspotting (Trainspotting 2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. 2). At the time of the release, the single didn't receive much radio play, according to Goldie.