It's My Life (Dr Alban song)
It's My Life is a 1992 recorded and posted to Euro Dance Song and number -one hit of the Swedish- Nigerian pop musician, rapper, producer and dentist Dr. Alban. The song was the first single from his second studio album, One Love.
The song was a Europe-wide success and is also the most well-known title of Dr. Alban. In the year of publication of the original version and the remix Raggadag was published, however, placed in the charts only a few countries. The 1997 published version could not build on the successes of the original from 1992. A third remix bundle was released in 2014. The official remix version of the German DJ duo Bodybangers went straight to the download and dance charts. In addition, the remix version was used for the TV show 50667 Cologne.
Music and lyrics
The song can be counted to the beginning of the 1990s most popular style of Euro Dance. Was written the title of Dr. Alban and Denniz PoP, who also produced it. From the pen of Denniz PoP comes also the Raggadag remix, he has blended together with his Swedish producer Stonebridge colleagues in the studio. The Raggadag remix has a cult status today at DJ's.
Charts
It's My Life was in most countries where the title was published, also a hit. Thus, the song placed in Austria, Germany and Sweden at No. 1 and in Switzerland and in the UK on 2nd position reached in the U.S. It's My Life Course 88
Awards
RSH Gold
Awards for music sales
Worldwide, It's My Life sold over 1.6 million copies and received, among others, the following awards:
Soundtrack
It's My Life is used as the title track of the docu-soap Cologne 50667.