This Is the Life (song)
| This is the life | |
|---|---|
| Amy Macdonald | |
| publication | December 10, 2007 |
| length | 3:05 |
| Genre (s) | Folk rock |
| Author (s) |
Amy Macdonald and Pete Wilkinson |
| Award (s) | Swiss Music Award |
| album | This is the life |
This Is the Life is a song by Scottish singer Amy Macdonald and her producer Pete Wilkinson . It was recorded as the theme song of their first studio album, This Is the Life . The song was released as a fourth single on December 10, 2007 in the United Kingdom.
song
About the song, Amy Macdonald said:
“I saw Pete Doherty's first concert in Glasgow after he left the Libertines. It was a great night - he did a little acoustic thing at the aftershow party and we joined in. Then me and my friends went to one house and just sat there, passing the guitar around and singing songs. It was a brilliant night. The next morning I wrote the song "This Is the Life" about it because I realized: This is life. "
Editions and video
The maxi single also contains the song This Much is True , and the 7 ″ (promo) single uses the song Let's Start a Band as the B-side.
In the music video, Macdonald wakes up in a room full of sleeping young people, walks the streets singing, going to clubs and looking at photos of her friends fooling around in the night streets.
Charts
In the UK charts, the single reached number 28. It was more successful in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, where it was number one, as well as in Germany and Switzerland with number two, Sweden with number three, Norway with number one and Denmark in eighth place.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
2 (56 weeks) | 56 |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
1 (43 weeks) | 43 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
28 (18 weeks) | 18th |
Awards
-
Swiss Music Award
- 2009: in the category "Best Song International"
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Belgium (BEA)
|
 platinum
|
30,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
 gold
|
7,500 |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
3 × gold
|
450,000 |
 Sweden (IFPI)
|
gold
|
10,000 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
gold
|
15,000 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
|
2 × platinum
|
80,000 |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
gold
|
400,000 |
| All in all |
5 × gold 4 × platinum |
989,000 |
Web links
- Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ amymacdonald.co.uk ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography
- ↑ a b http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Amy+Macdonald&titel=This+Is+The+Life&cat=s
- ↑ amymacdonald.co.uk Player
- ↑ acharts.us Amy Macdonald - This Is the Life (Single)
- ↑ http://www.musicline.de/de/product/602517780255///2364765
- ↑ This Is the Life in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Swiss Music Awards 2009 - successful second edition
- ^ Belgian record awards
- ↑ Danish Record Awards
- ^ German record awards
- ↑ Swedish Record Awards
- ↑ Swiss record awards
- ^ Spanish record awards
- ↑ British Record Awards
