Beautiful Life (Ace of Base song)
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| Single by Ace of Base | ||||
| from the album The Bridge | ||||
| Released | November 7, 1995 (North America), January 1, 1996 (Europe) | |||
| Genre | Eurodance | |||
| Length | Album Version 3:39 Single Version 3:37 |
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| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Jonas Berggren | |||
| Producer | Denniz Pop Max Martin | |||
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"Beautiful Life" is a hit song by Swedish band Ace of Base, released in Autumn of 1995. In North America it was the first single released from the band's The Bridge; in Europe it followed Lucky Love.
The song was written on January 1, 1994 by band member Jonas Berggren while he was in the Canary Islands. His earlier song The Sign had just hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Berggren incorporated gospel elements into the song, and the single proved quite successful worldwide, reaching #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart. It also hit #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
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[edit] Video
The video for the song was directed by Richard Heslop, who would go on to direct the band's later video for "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry". The video included computer generated bubbles which whisked the band from place to place.
According to music channel VH1 in the United States, the band's record label, Arista Records, insisted the bubbles be removed from the video, leading to a somewhat strange-looking U.S. video, with the band members looking at (and reacting to) bubbles that were no longer there. In Europe, both the versions (bubble video and bubble-free) were released.
In addition to the two alternate videos, remix videos were also created, and in 1998 VH1 released a Pop-up Video version of the video.
[edit] Tracklistings
- United Kingdom CD 1:
- Beautiful Life (Single Version)
- Beautiful Life (12" Extended Version)
- Beautiful Life (Junior's Circuit Bump Mix)
- United Kingdom CD 2:
- Beautiful Life (Single Version)
- Beautiful Life (Vission Lorimer Club Mix)
- Beautiful Life (Lenny B.'s House of Joy Club Mix)
- Beautiful Life (Uno Clio Mix)
- US Maxi Single:
- Beautiful Life (Single Version)
- Beautiful Life (12" Extended Version)
- Beautiful Life (Junior's Circuit Bump Mix)
- Beautiful Life (Vission Lorimer Club Mix)
- Beautiful Life (Lenny B's House Of Joy Club Mix)
- Beautiful Life (Uno Clio Mix)
[edit] Official Versions/Remixes
- Single Version
- 12" Extended Version
- Digimix
- Digimix Long Version
- Direct Hit Mix
- Direct Hit Remix
- Junior Vasquez Mix
- Junior's Circuit Bump Mix
- Junior's Circuit Bump Edit
- Junior's Circuit Bumper Edit
- Junior's Circuit Bump Dub
- Lenny B's House Of Joy Club Mix
- Lenny B's Edit
- Lenny B's Euro Vogue Mix
- Lenny B's Euro Vogue Edit
- MTV Party To Go Mix
- Uno Clio Mix
- Uno Clio Dub
- Vission Lorimer Club Mix
- Vission Lorimer Radio Edit
- Vission Lorimer Anthem Mix
- Humpty Vission Lorimer Anthem Edit
[edit] Credits
- Vocals by Linn Berggren, Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren
- Backing Vocals and cue choir by Jeanette Söderholm
- Music by Jonas Berggren
- Lyrics by Jonas Berggren and John Ballard
- Produced by Denniz Pop, Max Martin and Jonas Berggren
- Recorded and produced at Cheiron Studios
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 11 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 24 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 1 |
| Chile Top 100 Chart | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 27 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 3 |
| French Singles Chart | 10 |
| German Singles Chart | 20 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 12 |
| MTV European Top 20 | 8 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 44 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 33 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 22 |
| UK Airplay Chart | 17 |
| UK Singles Chart | 15 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 15 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| Preceded by "Be My Lover" by La Bouche |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single January 6, 1996 - January 12, 1996 |
Succeeded by "If I Were You" by k.d. lang |
[edit] Cover versions
Indie band Jukebox The Ghost recorded a cover of the song for Engine Room Recordings' compilation album Guilt by Association Vol. 2, which was released in November of 2008.[1]
[edit] Appearances in other media
- This song was included on the Night at the Roxbury (1998) soundtrack and was featured in the advertising campaign for the movie.
- The song was the first to be played the night that the Florida Marlins won Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.
- The song was also heard in the Adam Sandler films, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry from 2007 and You Don't Mess With The Zohan from 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ Matthew Solarski (19 November 2008). "My Brightest Diamond, Frightened Rabbit Do Covers". Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/news/34070-my-brightest-diamond-frightened-rabbit-do-covers/. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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