The Rhythm Of Life

The popular song from the 1966 musical Sweet Charity.

Which is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria.

However, where Fellini's black-and-white Italian film concerns the romantic ups-and-downs of an ever-hopeful sex worker, in the musical the central character is a dancer-for-hire at a Times Squaer dance hall.

The musical premiered on Broadway in 1966, where it was nominated for 9n Tony awards, and also ran in the West End as well as having revivals and international productions.