Opus - Live Is Life • TopPop

"Live Is Life" is a song recorded by Austrian group Opus in 1984. It became a European number-one hit in the spring and summer of 1985. The single also reached the top position in Canada and was a top 40 hit in the US in 1986. In the Netherlands it reached #3 in april 1985 especially due to the fact that it was hugely popular in the après-ski pubs in Austria visited by wintersporters. It was covered by many artists throughout the years and became a huge hit again in 1989. On 19 April 1989 soccer player Diego Maradona played the song during the warming up in Munich before the UEFA Cup semi-final return between FC Bayern Munich and S.S.C. Napoli. He did a 'keepie uppie’ exhibition while the song was heard on the stadium's loudspeakers. This has become a classic among football fans. The song is also known as ‘Life Is Life’. The band was in Holland on 18 March 1985 to record this early original version exclusively for Toppop TV! Watch our great music videos ❯ https://goo.gl/feVLNN More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ https://goo.gl/aICMxi More info on Wikipedia ❯ https://goo.gl/8s9Vj1 Broadcast date: 1985-03-18 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.