" First Day of My Life " is a song by singer-songwriter Melanie C. The song was released on September 30, 2005 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as the third and final single from Melanie C's third solo album, < i> Beautiful Intention . It was later released internationally and peaked at number one in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Spain selling over 550,000 units and certified platinum in Germany, and gold in Switzerland and Austria. The song became the most successful Melanie C single in Europe, spending two years on various European charts. To date, the single has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.
Video First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)
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The song was written by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias and was originally recorded by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, with lyrics in Italian as "Un Nuovo Giorno" ( New Day ) for his 2004 eponymous album Andrea , and she also released it as a single in the same year. The song is not from the original release of Beautiful Intentions , but was included in a re-release in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and other European countries.
Maps First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)
Music video
The video was taken at a location in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, on August 26, 2005 and featured a number of locally recognizable landmarks. For the key scenes of the video, a busy city center known locally as RaschplatzhochstraÃÆ'Ÿe or Raschplatz overpass (where Melanie can be seen standing and singing in the video) closed for the afternoon.
Performance chart
The song became one of Europe's biggest hits in 2005, but the song was never released in the UK as a commercial single, although it was included as a B side on one of two CDs of UK from the single "Carolyna". The song was also nominated as "The Single of the Year" at the 2006 ECHO Awards in Germany, but lost to "Hung Up" by Madonna. On September 15, 2006 "The First Day of My Life" went 'platinum' in Germany, selling over 400,000 copies.
After the huge success of this single in Europe, Melanie recorded this song in French (Ian Born For You), to promote singles and albums for the French market. "First Day of My Life" also appeared on Chisholm's fourth album This Time as the bonus track for the Italian release.
The song spent 76 weeks on the Swiss single chart, coming in on October 16, 2005 at number 15 and out of the charts on May 13, 2007 at number 87. It peaked at number 1 for two weeks from 13 to 20 November 2005.
It became such a success in German-speaking countries for its appearance as the title song of the German soap television opera Wege zum GlÃÆ'¼ck.
Format and list track
This is the format and playlist of major main releases of "First Day of My Life".
Live show
Melanie C performed the song on the following concert tour:
- Beautiful Intentions Tour
- Direct Visits
- Sea - On
Diagram
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