“Life’s What You Make It” is the first single from Talk Talk’s album The Colour of Spring. The single was a wide success, becoming one of their most well known songs.

The song’s basic message is to work towards a better future for yourself by not having your mind focused on regrets and the past. Life’s what you make it in the present, after all.

A music video was made to promote the track. Similar to their other most well known song, “It’s My Life”, it features footage of the band performing in a forest, with various bugs and wildlife.

The song was one of the last created for The Colour of Spring, as the band’s management was concerned about the lack of an obvious lead single for the album at that time.