It's My Life (Dr. Alban Lied)
| It's my life | |
|---|---|
| Dr. Alban | |
| publication | May 1, 1992 |
| length | 4:00 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , Eurodance , Reggae Fusion , Hip House |
| text | Alban Uzoma Nwapa , Denniz PoP |
| music | Denniz PoP |
| Publisher (s) | BMG Ariola |
| album | One love |
It's My Life is a Eurodance song recorded and released in 1992 and number one hit by the Swedish-Nigerian pop musician , rapper , producer and dentist Dr. Alban . The song was the first release from his second studio album One Love .
The song became a Europe-wide success and is also the most famous track by Dr. Alban. In the year the original version was released, the Raggadag Remix was also released, but only made it into the charts in a few countries. The version published in 1997 could not match the success of the original from 1992. A third remix - Bundle was released in the year, 2014. The official remix version of the German DJ duo Bodybangers went straight to the download and dance charts. In addition, the remix version was used for the television show Cologne 50667 .
Music and lyrics
The song can be counted as part of the extremely popular style of Eurodance in the early 1990s . The title was written by Dr. Alban and Denniz PoP , who also produced it. Denniz PoP also penned the Raggadag remix , which he mixed in the studio with his Swedish producer colleague StoneBridge .
Charts
It's My Life also became a hit in most of the countries where the title was released. The song was number one in Austria , Germany and Sweden and number two in Switzerland and Great Britain . It's My Life reached number 88 in the USA .
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1992 | It's my life |
DE1 (42 weeks) DE |
AT1 * (37 weeks) AT |
CH2 (34 weeks) CH |
UK2 (12 weeks) UK |
US88 (11 weeks) US |
SE1 (12 weeks) SE |
First published: February 1992
* Raggadag Remix |
| 1997 | It's My Life '97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2014 | It's My Life 2014 |
DE29 (7 weeks) DE |
AT39 (3 weeks) AT |
CH61 (1 week) CH |
- | - | - |
First published: January 30, 2014
vs. Bodybangers |
Awards
- 1993: in the "catchy tune of the year" category
Soundtrack
It's My Life is used as the title track of the documentary soap Cologne 50667 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ It's My Life query at austriancharts.at (as of July 17, 2008)
- ↑ It's My Life query at charts-surfer.de (as of July 17, 2008)
- ↑ It's My Life '97 query at austriancharts.at (as of July 17, 2008)
- ↑ It's My Life '97 query at charts-surfer.de (as of July 17, 2008)
- ↑ RSH Gold Award 1993