First Day of My Life (The Rasmus song)
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| Single by The Rasmus from the album Dead Letters |
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| B-side | "Since You've Been Gone" (UK only) | ||||
| Released | October 15, 2003 (Europe) November 1, 2004 (UK) |
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| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | June - December 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:44 | ||||
| Label | Playground Music (Europe) Island Records (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Lauri Ylönen | ||||
| Producer | Mikael Nord Martin Hansen |
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"First Day of My Life" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's fifth album Dead Letters on March 21, 2003.
The song became one of the hit singles from their album Dead Letters, and reached good positions on many chart lists. In Finland it went #4 later that year.
The single was released on October 15, 2003 by the record label Playground Music. The single (which was the third one from the album Dead Letters) features the music video of the song. UK edition also includes "Guilty" (live) and the b-side "Since You've Been Gone".
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[edit] Lyrical meaning
Singer Lauri Ylönen explains the song as follow:
Flashing up from our German tour. We were watching a movie in the back of the tour bus, and in the movie there was a sentence "through the darkness". I took my guitar and made a chorus immediately. The song is about the band, being on tour and dreaming.
[edit] Single track listing
Original version (2003)
- "First Day of My Life" - 3:44
- The "First Day of My Life" music video as MPEG
UK edition (2004)
- "First Day of My Life" - 3:44
- "Guilty" [live]
- "Since You've Been Gone"
- The "First Day of My Life" music video as MPEG
[edit] Music video
The music video for "First Day of My Life" was shot on a speedway in Germany the same year. It was directed by Sven Bollinger and produced by Volker Steinmetz (Erste Liebe Filmproduktion) in Lausitzring. [1] Since they stood in water in many scenes of the video, many of their instruments were broken.
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | First Day of My Life | Finland Singles | No. 4 |
| 2003 | First Day of My Life | Israel Singles | No. 4 |
| 2003 | First Day of My Life | Sweden Singles | No. 31 |
| 2003 | First Day of My Life | UK Singles | No. 50 |
| 2003 | First Day of My Life | Italy Single | No. 12 |
[edit] References
- ^ Live Letters DVD booklet, November 22, 2004
[edit] External links
- The Rasmus' official website
- Lyrics
- "First Day of My Life" music video on YouTube
- "First Day of My Life" fanlisting
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