First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)
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"First Day of My Life" | ||
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Single by Melanie C | ||
from the album Beautiful Intentions | ||
Released | September 30, 2005 | |
Format | CD single | |
Recorded | 2005 | |
Genre | Pop | |
Length | 4:04 | |
Label | Red Girl | |
Writer(s) | Guy Chambers Enrique Iglesias |
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Producer(s) | Richard Flack | |
Certification | Platinum – Germany (over 400,000 units) | |
Chart positions | ||
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Melanie C singles chronology | ||
"Better Alone" (2005) |
"First Day of My Life" (2005) |
"The Moment You Believe" (2007) |
Audio sample | ||
Play "First Day of My Life" (in browser) (help·info) | ||
"First Day of My Life" is the third single from Melanie C's third solo album, Beautiful Intentions. It was released on September 30, 2005 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland only. Later it was released internationally and peaked at number-one in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain selling over 500,000 units and awarded platinum in Germany, and gold in Switzerland and Austria. As of january 2007, the song has spent 52 weeks in the Swiss top 100.
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[edit] Song information
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 and some other European countries.
On 15th of September 2006 "First Day Of My Life" went 'platinum' in Germany, selling over 400,000 copies.
[edit] Music video
The video was shot on location in Hannover, Germany, on August 26, 2005. For key scenes of the video, a busy downtown thoroughfare known to locals as the Raschplatzhochstrasse or Raschplatz overpass (on which you can see Mel C standing and singing in the video) was closed for the afternoon.
[edit] Track listing and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "First Day of My Life".
- European 3-Track CD
- "First Day of My Life" - 4:04
- "First Day of My Life" (acoustic version) - 4:04
- "Runaway" - 3:24
- German 2-Track CD
- "First Day of My Life" - 4:04
- "Runaway" - 3:24
- German Maxi CD
- "First Day of My Life" - 4:04
- "First Day of My Life" (acoustic version) - 4:04
- "Runaway" - 3:24
- "First Day of My Life" (music video) - 4:04
- Australian Maxi CD
- "First Day Of My Life"
- "First Day Of My Life" (acoustic)
- "Better Alone" (special Productions Re-work)
- "Better Alone" (edit)
- "Better Alone" (pop mix)
[edit] Charts
Chart | Peak Position | Sales |
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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 |
Studio albums: Northern Star (1999) · Reason (2003) · Beautiful Intentions (2005) · This Time (2007)
Singles: "When You're Gone" · "Goin' Down" · "Northern Star" · "Never Be the Same Again" · "I Turn To You" · "If That Were Me" · "Here It Comes Again" · "On the Horizon" · "Let's Love" · "Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh" · "Next Best Superstar" · "Better Alone" · "First Day Of My Life" · "The Moment You Believe" · "I Want Candy"
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