First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)

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"First Day of My Life"
"First Day of My Life" cover
Single by Melanie C
from the album Beautiful Intentions
Released Flag of Germany September 30, 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, Spain, Switzerland)
  • #2 (Austria)
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
  1. "First Day of My Life" - 4:04
  2. "First Day of My Life" (acoustic version) - 4:04
  3. "Runaway" - 3:24
  • 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
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