First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)

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"First Day of My Life"
Single by Melanie C
from the album Beautiful Intentions
Released	December 5, 2005
Format	CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop
Length	4:04
Label	Red Girl
Writer(s)	Guy Chambers, Enrique Iglesias
Producer(s)	Richard Flack
Certification	Platinum – Germany (over 400,000 units)
Chart positions
#1 (Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland) #2 (Austria)
Melanie C singles chronology
"Better Alone" (2005)	"First Day of My Life" (2005)

For the Bright Eyes single, see First Day of My Life.

"First Day of My Life" was the third single from Melanie C's third solo album, Beautiful Intentions. It was released on September 30, 2005 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (48 weeks on the charts, her biggest hit to date). It peaked at number-one in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, also Spain (singles charts) and Poland (national airplay charts) selling over 500,000 units and awarded platinum in Germany, and gold in Switzerland and Austria.

[edit] Song information

The song was released in October 2005 in Poland (radio release only) and France in April 2006. The song was written by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias and had previously been recorded by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, in Italian as "Un Nuovo Giorno". The song was not from the original Beautiful Intentions release, but was included on a re-release in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, where it is the theme song of the soap opera Julia. The song was included also in Polish and French Beautiful Intentions album. "First Day Of My Life" was released in Australia on Saturday 13th May, 2006, where it debuted at number sixty-six on the ARIA charts and its highest position was number sixty-five.

On 15th of September 2006 "First Day Of My Life" went Platinum in Germany, selling over +400,000 units^{[citation needed]}.

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• German 2-Track CD

1. "First Day of My Life" - 4:04
2. "Runaway" - 3:24

• German Maxi CD

1. "First Day of My Life" - 4:04
2. "First Day of My Life" (acoustic version) - 4:04
3. "Runaway" - 3:24
4. "First Day of My Life" (music video) - 4:04

• Australian Maxi CD

1. "First Day Of My Life"
2. "First Day Of My Life" (acoustic)
3. "Better Alone" (special Productions Re-work)
4. "Better Alone" (edit)
5. "Better Alone" (pop mix)

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak Position	Sales
Germany Singles Top 50	1 (3 weeks)	+400,000 (2xPlatinum)
Spain Singles Top 30	1 (2 weeks)
Switzerland Singles Top 100	1 (2 weeks)	+20,000 (Gold)
Polish National Airplay Chart	1
Austria Singles Top 75	2	+10,000 (Gold)
Czech IFPI Chart	3
Europe Top 100	6
Estonia singles chart	7
Sweden Top 60 Singles	9
Belgium UltraTop 50 Singles	10
World Airplay Top 100	17
World Singles Top 100	19
Latvia Top 40	19
France Singles Chart	25	+19,000
Italy Singles Chart	32
Australian Singles Chart	65
UK Singles Chart	Never Released	——