Life (Haddaway song)

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"Life"
Single by Haddaway
from the album The Album
B-side "Remix"
Released November 5, 1993
Format
Recorded 1992 at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Length 4:18
Label Coconut
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dee Dee Halligan
  • Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"What Is Love"
(1993)
"Life"
(1993)
"I Miss You"
(1993)

"Life" (known as "Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)" in the US) is a song recorded by the Trinidadian-German Eurodance artist Haddaway. It was released in November 1993 as the second single from his debut album The Album. Another CD maxi were produced at the end of that year containing new remixes (one of them was made by Bass Bumpers).

The song was a hit in several countries, particularly in Sweden and Spain where it reached number 1. By March 1994, "Life" had sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.[1]

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Life" (radio edit) — 4:18
  2. "Life" (12" mix) — 6:00
  3. "Life" (club life) — 6:13
Cassette single
  1. "Life" — 4:18
  2. "Life" (instrumental) — 4:18
CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "Life / Remix" (mission control mix) — 7:00
  2. "Life" (Bass Bumpers remix) — 5:55
  3. "Life" (radio edit) — 4:15

Charts and sales

Chart successions

Preceded by Swedish number-one single
September 22, 1993 (1 week)
Succeeded by
"Living on My Own" by Freddie Mercury
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
October 2, 1993 - October 9, 1993 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Living on My Own" by Freddie Mercury
Preceded by Canadian RPM Dance chart number-one single
January 31, 1994 - February 14, 1994 (3 weeks)
Succeeded by
"I Love Music" by Rozalla

References

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  2. "Australian-charts.com – Haddaway – Life". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Haddaway – Life" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Haddaway – Life" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. Canadian Dance peak position
  6. Canadian peak position
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  8. "Lescharts.com – Haddaway – Life" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. "Musicline.de – Haddaway Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  10. Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
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  12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Haddaway search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  13. "Norwegiancharts.com – Haddaway – Life". VG-lista.
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  15. 15.0 15.1 "Swedishcharts.com – Haddaway – Life". Singles Top 60. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "sc_Sweden_Haddaway" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Swisscharts.com – Haddaway – Life". Swiss Singles Chart. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "sc_Swiss_Haddaway" defined multiple times with different content
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 22, 2008)
  18. 1993 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved August 22, 2008)
  19. Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1994
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  21. 1993 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved February 13, 2008)
  22. Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved August 22, 2008)
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  24. Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved September 11, 2008)

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