It's My Life (Dr Alban song)

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"It's My Life"
Single by Dr Alban
from the album One Love
B-side Remix
Released May 1, 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi
Recorded 1992
Genre Eurodance, Reggae fusion
Length 4:00
Writer(s) Dr Alban, Denniz PoP
Producer Denniz PoP
Dr Alban singles chronology
"(We Are on Family) U & Mi"
(1991)		 "It's My Life"
(1992)		 "One Love"
(1992)

"It's My Life" is a 1992 song recorded by the Sweden-based musician and producer Dr Alban. It was the first single from his second studio album One Love.

The song was a hit in most of the European countries where it was released, peaking at number one in Sweden, Austria and Germany, and number two in the UK. In France, the song was marketed twice : first in 1992, then in 1993 because the song was used in a TV advert for feminine hygiene accessories (as it was in the UK in 1992), thus giving to the single a second career.[1] According to Infodisc website, about 91,000 copies of the single were sold in France.[2] The song is currently the 38th best-selling single of all time in Germany[3] and also the best-selling dancefloor hit there.[4]

Contents

[edit] Track listings

  • CD single
  1. "It's My Life" (radio edit) — 4:00
  2. "It's My Life" (club edit) — 4:07
  • CD maxi
  1. "It's My Life" (radio edit) — 4:00
  2. "It's My Life" (extended) — 7:43
  3. "It's My Life" (extended radio) — 7:03

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1992/93) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[5] 43
Austrian Singles Chart[5] 1
Dutch Top 40[6] 1
Eurochart Hot 100 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[5] 13
German Singles Chart[5] 1
Irish IRMA Singles Chart[7] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart[5] 49
Norwegian Singles Chart[5] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[5] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[5] 2
UK Singles Chart[8] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 88
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play[9] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[9] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[9] 28

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 1
Dutch Top 40[6] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 1

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Austria[12] Platinum November 15, 1993 30,000
France[2] Silver 1993 125,000
Germany[13] Platinum 1992 500,000

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"Stay" by Shakespears Sister		 Swedish number one single
May 27, 1992 - June 10, 1992		 Succeeded by
"ABBA-esque" by Erasure
Preceded by
"Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!		 Austrian number-one single
June 14, 1992 - July 19, 1992		 Succeeded by
"ABBA-esque" by Erasure
Preceded by
"Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!		 German number-one single
July 31, 1992 - September 18, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Sweat (A La La La La Long)" by Inner Circle
Preceded by
"I'll Be There" by Mariah Carey		 Dutch Top 40 number one single
August 8, 1992 - September 19, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" by Brian May
Preceded by
"Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
September 26, 1992 - October 10, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Erotica" by Madonna

[edit] References

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 252 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ a b French certifications, database Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 11, 2010)
  3. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in Germany Musicline.de (Retrieved May 17, 2009)
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "It's My Life", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  6. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1992" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201992.pdf. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 12, 2008)
  8. ^ "It's My Life", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 12, 2008)
  9. ^ a b c d Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 12, 2008)
  10. ^ 1992 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  11. ^ 1992 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  12. ^ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  13. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Dr. Alban; 'It's My Life')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=It%27s+My+Life&strInterpret=Dr.+Alban&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved April 20, 2008. 
Dr Alban
Albums
Hello Afrika · One Love · Look Who's Talking · The Very Best Of 1990-1997
Singles
"Hello Afrika" · "No Coke" · "It's My Life" · "Sing Hallelujah" · "Look Who's Talking" · "Away from Home" · "Let the Beat Go On"
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