Living in Danger

"Living in Danger"
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation/The Sign
Released October 17, 1994 (US)
January 1, 1995 (UK)
Format CD single
Recorded Mid-1993
Genre Dance, pop, reggae fusion
Length Single Version 3:10
Album Version 3:39
Label Arista (US, Japan)
Mega (Europe)
Writer(s) Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg
Producer(s) Tommy Ekman and Per Adebratt
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Don't Turn Around"
(1994)		 "Living in Danger"
(1994)		 "Lucky Love"
(1995)

"Living in Danger" is a song recorded by Swedish group Ace of Base. It was released as the seventh and final single from their debut album, Happy Nation. The song reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, and it peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. in 1994. The song also topped the American dance chart in December of that year.

1994 European Music Awards

Ace of Base performed this song on the first ever MTV Europe Music Awards held in Germany in 1994. Ace of Base performed "Living in Danger" in the front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. They were also nominated for Best Cover with "Don't Turn Around" this year.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. The video was directed by Matt Broadley. He also directed the music videos of "All That She Wants", "Happy Nation" and "Don't Turn Around".

The music video of "Living in Danger" opens with the four members of Ace of Base singing at different places on an underground metro station. Then we see three people, two men and a woman, rushing into the underground station. We also see a woman sitting in a ticket office watching the busy people. She feels that no one really sees her in the officebox. On a train a woman believes that a strange man with sunglasses is following her. That is the same man that arrived at the station earlier. The woman is getting scared and she tries to getaway from this stranger on the train. She runs off the train and then in her haste, she falls over behind the ticket office. The woman in the officebox helps her and offers her some coffee. That stranger on the train is a former pilot. We now see some old flashbacks from a war somewhere, where he in a plane was attacked and had to escape using a parachute. In this war he also met a priest and on the train he happens to meet this priest again and they start talking. At the end of the video we see Joker and Buddha leaving the metro station together. Linn and Jenny are standing together on the metro.

Track listings

  1. Living in Danger (Radio Edit) - 3:10
  2. Living in Danger (Old School Mix Short Version) - 3:39
  3. Living in Danger (D-House Mix Long Version) - 10:03
  4. Living in Danger (New Buddha Version) - 3:35
  5. Living in Danger (For The Big Clubs Mix) - 10:15
  1. Living in Danger (Radio Remix) - 3:10
  2. Living in Danger (Album Version) - 3:19
  3. Living in Danger (Old School Mix) - 4:56
  4. Living in Danger (D-House Mix) - 10:08
  5. Living in Danger (Principle Mix) - 8:50
  6. Living in Danger (Buddha Version) - 3:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1994-1995) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 19
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 30
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 4
France (SNEP)[3] 36
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 23
Ireland (IRMA) 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 27
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 26
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[8] 7
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[8] 26
Preceded by
"Excited" by M People		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
December 25, 1994 - January 7, 1995 		Succeeded by
"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" by Donna Summer

References

  1. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Ace of Base – Living in Danger" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ace of Base – Living in Danger" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Ace of Base – Living in Danger" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Musicline.de – Ace of Base Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  5. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Ace of Base search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  6. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Ace of Base – Living in Danger". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  7. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Ace of Base – Living in Danger". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Allmusic. Ace of Base | Billboard Singles.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, October 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.