This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald song)

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"This Is the Life"
Song
B-side"This Much Is True"

"This Is the Life" is an indie pop / folk song by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald from her 2007 album of the same title. It was released on December 10, 2007 in UK, and in April 2008 in most of European countries, becoming a major hit worldwide. It has so far been Macdonald's most successful single, topping five charts and reaching the top ten in 11 charts around the world. The music video consists of pictures of Macdonald and her friends' night out. The song has also been featured in an episode of the iconic MTV Show The Hills.

Charts performances

The song was first released in late 2007 in the UK, but achieved a moderate success, peaking at #28. In 2008, it was then successively released in many European countries, achieving huge success on The Dutch Mega Top 50 and the Dutch Top 40, the Ultratop 50 (Belgium Flanders), the Ultratop 40 (Belgium Wallonia), and on FIMI (Italian) chart, the German Singles Chart and the SNEP (France) chart, where it was #2. The song was also high ranked on the airplay and digital charts and had a long run in Austria, Switzerland and Belgium (Wallonia).

Track listings

CD single
  1. "This Is the Life" — 3:05
  2. "This Much Is True" — 2:44
Digital download
  1. "This Is the Life" — 3:05
  2. "This Is the Life (acoustic version)" — 3:06

Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales Digital downloads
Belgium[1] Platinum October 18, 2008 40,000
France[2] — — — 45,870 (in 2008) 82,870 (in 2008)
Germany[3] Platinum 2008 300,000
Switzerland[4] Gold 2008 15,000
Spain Gold 2009 20,000

Charts

Preceded by Dutch number-one single
June 7, 2008 - June 14, 2008 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Viva Hollandia" by Wolter Kroes
Preceded by Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
June 28, 2008 - September 6, 2008 (11 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single (first run)
July 19, 2008 - August 23, 2008 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single (second run)
September 6, 2008 - September 13, 2008 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ö3 Austria Top 40 number-one single
October 1, 2008 - October 15, 2008 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Czech Airplay Top 100
December 15, 2008 - December 29, 2008 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 28, 2008)
  2. ^ 2008 French Singles Chart + sales Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  3. ^ German certifications musikindustrie.de (Retrieved December 26, 2008)
  4. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved December 26, 2008)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "This Is the Life", in various singles charts Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 7, 2008)
  6. ^ Czech Airplay 100 (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
  7. ^ French Digital Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved September 17, 2008)
  8. ^ Greek Airplay Chart Radiol.gr (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
  9. ^ Greek Digital Singles Chart Billboard.com (Retrieved August, 2008)
  10. ^ MAHASZ Hungarian Airplay Chart [1] (Retrieved March 12, 2009)
  11. ^ Spanish Singles Chart Promusicae.es (Retrieved April 15, 2009)
  12. ^ Swiss Airplay Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 18, 2008)
  13. ^ "This Is the Life", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved July 28, 2008)
  14. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=851&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Triple+A&ci=3107455&cdi=10175111&cid=04%2F18%2F2009
  15. ^ 2008 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved January 1, 2009)
  16. ^ 2008 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved December 26, 2008)
  17. ^ 2008 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved December 26, 2008)
  18. ^ 2008 Dutch Singles Charts Dutchcharts.nl (Retrieved December 29, 2008)
  19. ^ 2008 German Singles Chart (Retrieved December 26, 2008)
  20. ^ 2008 Eurochart Hot 100 Billboard.com (Retrieved December 26, 2008)
  21. ^ 2008 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
  22. ^ 2008 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 29, 2008)

External links

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