It's My Life (talk-talk song)
| It's my life | |
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| Talk talk | |
| publication | January 13, 1984 |
| length | 3:53 |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop , new wave |
| Author (s) | Mark Hollis , Tim Friese-Greene |
| album | It's my life |
It's My Life is a 1984 song by the band Talk Talk , written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene , and appeared on the album of the same name .
history
It's My Life was the first song that Hollis and Friese-Greene wrote together after the latter joined the band as an unofficial member in 1984. It was released as a single on EMI in January 1984 , and appeared a month later on Talk Talks second album, also titled It's My Life .
The song (as well as the whole album) can be assigned to the New Wave subgenre Synth-Pop , which is typical of the 1980s . It's My Life also shows the band's musical development away from the straightforward, simple pop of their debut album towards more experimental sounds and song structures.
In Great Britain, the single narrowly missed entry into the top 40 when it was first released, while it was somewhat more successful in the Billboard Hot 100 (number 31), in the German charts (number 33) and other European countries. In 1990 It's My Life was released again as a single parallel to the compilation Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk . This time she reached # 13 in the UK Top 40 .
The song plays in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for Playstation Portable and Playstation 2 on the game's own radio station Flash FM.
In 2003 the band No Doubt covered the song and was also successful.
Music video
In the (second) music video , recordings from the London Zoo alternate with nature recordings of animals in the wild. While Mark Hollis dances to the music in their natural surroundings with the wild animals shown in the background and “sings” lip-synchronously, he stands there motionless in the zoo and does not move his lips, which are painted over with animated lines. The recordings were made with a video projector .
Track list
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Chart successes
Talk talk
| 1984 | placement |
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| Official UK charts | 46 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 31 |
| Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| Media control charts Germany | 33 |
| 1985 (re-issue) | |
| 1990 (re-issue) | |
| Official UK charts | 13 |
| Media control charts Germany | 49 |
No doubt
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2003 | It's My Life The Singles 1992-2003 |
DE9 (14 weeks) DE |
AT12 (16 weeks) AT |
CH12 (22 weeks) CH |
UK20 (9 weeks) UK |
US10  (28 weeks)US |
First published: November 2003
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b It's my Life in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ^ Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits . 7th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8230-7690-3 , p. 621.
- ↑ It's my Life on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart
- ↑ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart Singles 1981-1987 . Taurus-Press, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-922542-34-4 , p. 165.
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2