Life (Haddaway song)

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"Life"
Mississauga, Ontario)
GenreEurodance[1]
Length
  • 4:18 (Radio Edit)
  • 6:00 (12" Mix)
LabelCoconut
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dee Dee Halligan
  • Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"
What Is Love
"
(1993) 		"Life"
(1993) 		"I Miss You"
(1993)
Music video
"Life" on
YouTube

"Life" (known as "Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)" in the US) is a song by Trinidadian-German

Metropolis, was directed by Angel Gracia and filmed in Frankfurt, Germany. By March 1994, the single had sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.[2]

Release

"Life" was released as a single in Europe on 30 July 1993 by German label

CD maxi were produced at the end of 1993, containing new remixes from Bass Bumpers
and others.

Critical reception

Kingston Informer viewed it as "brilliant".[9] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said, "The new track aims to repeat this same formula and does so just about."[10] Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that "variations on a theme have always been bona fide recording tricks and subsequently "Life" will be "What Is Love?" Part II."[11]

Alan Jones from

Reading Evening Post's reviewer felt it "provides strong evidence to suggest that Haddaway won't be a one-hit wonder", adding that "he sounds like Seal".[13] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update deemed it a "simple Teutonic pop bounder".[14] Tom Doyle from Smash Hits gave it one out of five, calling it "an uninspired plodder which recycles the synth tune from Snap's "Rhythm Is a Dancer" and ponders the notion that Life will never be the same/Life is changing."[15]

Chart performance

In Europe, "Life" peaked at number one in Finland (2 weeks),

Moving On Up".[30] "Life" debuted on the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 30 on 14 August,[31] after charting in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Norway. It peaked at number one nine weeks later, on 9 October and stayed at the top for two weeks.[32][33] In the same period, the song peaked at number eight on the European Dance Radio Chart,[34]
ending up as number 20 in their year-end chart of 1993.

Elsewhere, the single charted in West Asia, peaking at number one for two weeks in Israel,

Hot Dance Club Play chart,[38] and number 47 on the Cash Box Top 100.[39] In Africa, "Life" peaked at number 14 in Zimbabwe,[40] while reaching number 34 on the Australian ARIA Top 50 singles chart in Oceania.[41]

The single was awarded with a gold record in Austria (25,000) and Sweden (25,000), while in Germany, it received a platinum record for 500,000 units sold.

Music video

The accompanying music video of "Life" was directed by Angel Gracia and filmed in

MTV Europe[44] and was later made available on Coconut Records official YouTube channel in 2012.[45]

Track listings

  • CD maxi
  1. "Life" (Radio Edit) — 4:18
  2. "Life" (12" Mix) — 6:00
  3. "Life" (Club Life) — 6:13
  • Cassette single
  1. "Life" — 4:18
  2. "Life" (Instrumental) — 4:18
  • CD maxi – Remixes
  1. "Life / Remix" (Mission Control Mix) — 7:00
  2. "Life" (Bass Bumpers Remix) — 5:55
  3. "Life" (Radio Edit) — 4:15

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[66] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[67] Platinum 500,000^
Sweden (GLF)[68] Gold 25,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe 30 July 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Coconut [3]
United Kingdom 13 September 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Logic [4]

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