Baz Luhrmann released the song version of Wear Sunscreen on his 1998 album Something For Everybody, and it was released as a single in 1999. It hit number one in the UK and Ireland, due to a media ...

The Sunscreen Song: The Class Of ‘99. Lee Perry tells the story about the Baz Luhrmann’s song, Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) which reached number one in the UK charts 20 years ago.

Not until this month, however, had one cracked the Billboard Hot 100 pop music charts. Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s June 1, 1997, column certainly has had a unique afterlife. It began as an ...

Lee Perry celebrates the 20th anniversary of the release of The Sunscreen Song. Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) reached number one in the UK charts 20 years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Baz Luhrmann has recorded “Sunscreen,” a new pandemic-relevant version of “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen),” his 1998 spoken-word song that featured a common sense essay ...

As we enter graduation month, I can’t help but think of Baz Luhrmann’s song addressing the class of ’99. “If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it,” he began.

“If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.”Those words, written by a Chicago Tribune columnist as the opening line of a mock commencement speech, have had a life ...