This is the Life (Hannah Montana song)

"This Is The Life" is a pop song by American recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus. She is performing as Hannah Montana – the alter ego of Miley Stewart, a character she plays on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. The song was written by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, and Jay Landers and produced by Gerrard. It was released on 2006 by Walt Disney Records as a promotional single from the series' first soundtrack, Hannah Montana. In the United States, the song peaked at number eighty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and within the top seventy on the Pop 100. Its appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 made Cyrus the first act to have seven songs appear on the chart in the same week. A music video for "This Is the Life" was released, taken from footage of a concert performance.

The song was featured in the season 1 episodes Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?, O Say, Can You Remember the Words? and You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Zit is About You.

Background and composition
"This Is The Life" was composed by Matthew Gerrard with the aid of Robbie Nevil and Jay Landers. Gerrard co-wrote a total of six songs on Hannah Montana while Nevil co-wrote four and Landers two. The song first premiered on Radio Disney on 2006 in order to promote the series and was afterward released as a promotional single from Hannah Montana on July 11, 2006 to digital retailers.

Live performances
Cyrus, costumed as Montana, first performed "This Is The Life", along with four other songs, at the concert taping for the first season of Hannah Montana. The performance was later released as the song's music video on April 10, 2006 on Disney Channel. Cyrus also performed the song on twenty dates in the fall of 2006, when she opened for the Cheetah Girls' 2006 and 2007 concert tour The Party's Just Begun Tour.

Lyrics
Take the world

Shakin', stirrin'

That's what I've goin' on

I throw my cares up in the air

And I don't think they're comin' down

Yeah, I love how it feels right now

This is the life!

Hold on tight!

And this is the dream!

It's all I need!

You never know where you'll find it

And I'm gonna take my time, yeah

I'm still getting it right

This is the life

Takin' in a whole new scene

And I'm swimmin' with a new crowd

Breakin' down the old four walls

And I'm building them up from the ground

Yeah, I love how it feels right now

This is the life!

Hold on tight!

And this is the dream!

It's all I need!

You never know where you'll find it

And I'm gonna take my time, yeah

I'm still getting it right

This is the life

I'm gonna follow my own lead, yeah

Kick back and feel the breeze

Nothing but the blue sky

As far as I can see

This is the life

Hold on tight

And this is the dream

It's all I need

You never know where you'll find it

And I'm gonna take my time, yeah

I'm still getting it right

This is the life!

Hold on tight!

And this is the dream!

It's all I need!

You never know where you'll find it

And I'm gonna take my time, yeah

I'm still getting it right

This is the life