Lucky Love

"Lucky Love"
Single by Ace of Base
from the album The Bridge
Released US January 22, 1996
UK October 9, 1995
Genre Pop
Length 2:52
Label Mega Records
Producer Denniz PoP, Max Martin & Joker
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Living in Danger"
(1994)		 "Lucky Love"
(1995)		 "Beautiful Life"
(1995)

"Lucky Love" is a song by Ace of Base, which became their fifth worldwide single. It was the first single from their album The Bridge to be released in Europe, and the acoustic version of the song was the second single in the United States and Canada. "Lucky Love" also became their first number 1 in Sweden.

Contents

Music video

Two videos were produced for the song.

European Version

The first, released in Europe, directed by Rocky Schenk and featuring the original version of the song, focuses on a middle-aged woman reuniting with the boyfriend she had as a teenager. The band is seen around the actors in the video and also though footage shot by the band themselves using a handheld video camera.

European Version (Acoustic Version)

An alternate edit of the original European video featuring the acoustic version of the song, featured on the Greatest Hits, Classic Remixes and Music Videos DVD.

US Version (Acoustic Version)

The second video, released in North America and featuring the acoustic version of the song, focuses on several young couples interacting in various scenarios with shots of the band cut in. A shot of the video for "Beautiful Life" can be seen on a television screen in this version. The U.S Version (the second video) filmed in February 1996 is the last video in Malin's career in which she sang in a music video.

Track listing

  1. "Lucky Love" - 2:52
  2. "Lucky Love" (Acoustic Version) - 2:52
  3. "Lucky Love" (Extended Original Version) - 4:49
  1. "Lucky Love" - 2:52
  2. "Lucky Love" (Acoustic Version) - 2:52
  3. "Lucky Love" (Raggasol Version) - 2:53
  4. "Lucky Love" (Amadin Mix) - 5:39
  5. "Lucky Love" (Armand's British Nites Mix) - 11:21
  1. "Lucky Love" (Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Mix) - 7:22
  2. "Lucky Love" (Vission Lorimer Funkdified Mix) - 6:02
  3. "Lucky Love" (Amadin Mix) - 5:39
  4. "Lucky Love" (Lenny B's Club Mix) - 7:08
  5. "Lucky Love" (Armand's British Nites Mix) - 11:21
  6. "Lucky Love" (Acoustic Version) - 2:52

Official Versions/Remixes

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 30
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[2] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 24
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[4] 9
France (SNEP)[5] 9
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[6] 16
New Zealand (RIANZ)[7] 12
Norway (VG-lista)[8] 12
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 19
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[11] 20
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 30
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[13] 19
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[13] 25
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[13] 33
End of year chart (1995) Position
French Singles Chart[14] 48

2009 Remake

As part of their comeback effort in 2008, Ace of Base re-recorded several of their past hit songs. "Lucky Love 2009" was released exclusively on iTunes as part of their Greatest Hits, Classic Remixes and Music Videos album, accompanying "Wheel of Fortune 2009" and "Don't Turn Around 2009", which are both part of the standard edition of the album.

References

  1. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Ace of Base – Lucky Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. ^ "Ace of Base – Lucky Love – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Ace of Base – Lucky Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Ace of Base – Lucky Love" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Ace of Base – Lucky Love" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ace of Base – Lucky Love" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  7. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Ace of Base – Lucky Love". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  8. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Ace of Base – Lucky Love". VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Ace of Base – Lucky Love". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  10. ^ "Ace of Base – Lucky Love – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  11. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  12. ^ "Ace Of Base Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Ace Of Base. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  13. ^ a b c Allmusic. Ace of Base | Billboard Singles.
  14. ^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
Preceded by
"The New Anthem" by N-Joi		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
March 23, 1996		 Succeeded by
"Salva Mea" by Faithless
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