Life Is a Flower

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“Life Is a Flower”
“Life Is a Flower” cover
Single by Ace of Base
Released 1998
Genre Pop
Length 3:47
Label Mega Records
Certification Silver (UK)
Ace of Base singles chronology
Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry
(1996)
Life Is a Flower
(1998)
Cruel Summer
(1998)

"Life Is a Flower" was Ace of Base's first single from their 1998 album Flowers. It has exactly the same tune as their song Whenever You're Near Me but different lyrics and is in a different key. The single sold 264,000 copies in the UK.

Contents

[edit] Record companies by country of release

  • Mega = Scandinavia
  • Polydor = Germany
  • Barclay = France
  • London = UK
  • BMG Japan = Japan
  • Many = Italy

[edit] Commercial Releases

  • CD Single:

(Mega MRCDS 2900 / POLYDOR 569 856-2 / London ACEMC 7 / BARCLAY 569 405-2)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
  2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
  • Maxi-Single:

(Mega MRCXCD 2900 / Polydor 569 857-2 / BMG JAPAN BVCA-29001)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
  2. Life Is a Flower (Reggae Version) 3:32
  3. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
  4. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets Night Club Mix) 5:20
  5. No Good Lover (Previously Unreleased) 3:54
  • UK CD 1:

(LONDON ACECD7)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
  2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
  3. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets' Night Club Mix) 5:20
  4. Life Is a Flower (Milk Long Edit)
  • UK CD 2:

(LONDON ACCDP7)

  1. Life Is a Flower 3:45
  2. The Sign
  3. All That She Wants
  • Maxi-Single Remixes:

(Mega MRCXCD 2906)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Milk Inc. Club Mix) 5:12
  2. Life Is a Flower (Sweetbox Remix) 6:15
  3. Life Is a Flower (Absolom Remix) 7:43
  4. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets Night Club Mix) 5:19
  5. Life Is a Flower (Milk Inc. UHT Radio Mix) 3:40
  • Maxi-Single Remixes:

(POLYDOR 567 189-2)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Absolom Short Edit)
  2. Life Is a Flower (Absolom Long Edit)
  3. Life Is a Flower (Milk Long Edit)
  4. Life Is a Flower (Sweetbox Mix) 5:19
  5. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets Night Club Mix) 5:20
  • 12" Vinyl:

(MANY RECORDS MN01012)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
  2. Life Is a Flower (Reggae Version) 3:32
  3. No Good Lover (Previously Unreleased) 3:54
  4. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets' Night Club Mix) 5:20
  5. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
  • 7" Vinyl:

(LONDON ACEB7)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
  2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
  • Cassingle:

(POLYDOR 567 342-4 / LONDON ACEMC7)

  1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
  2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44

[edit] Release dates

  • Germany, April 6, 1998 (LP Version)
  • Scandinavia, April 20, 1998 (LP Version)
  • UK, July 13, 1998 (LP Version)

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 15
Danish Singles Chart 2
Dutch Singles Chart 40
Finnish Singles Chart 3
French Singles Chart 16
German Singles Chart 20
Irish Singles Chart 19
Italian Singles Chart 9
MTV European Top 20 6
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 29
Norwegian Singles Chart 20
Spanish Singles Chart 7
Swiss Singles Chart 18
Swedish Singles Chart 5
UK Airplay Chart 3
UK Singles Chart 5

[edit] Sales

  • UK: 264,000 (Silver)
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