Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2004


First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)

Buy First Day of My Life (Melanie C song) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = First Day of My Life

| cover = Firstdayofmylifecover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Melanie C

| album = Beautiful Intentions

| B-side =

| released =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:04

| label = Red Girl

| writer =

* Guy Chambers

* Enrique Iglesias

| producer = Richard Flack

| prev_title = Better Alone

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = The Moment You Believe

| next_year = 2007

| misc =

}}

"'First Day of My Life'" is a song by British singer Melanie C. It was released on 30 September 2005 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as the third and final single from Melanie C's third solo album, 'Beautiful Intentions' (2005). The song peaked at number one in Germany, Spain, and Switzerland, being certified platinum in Germany and gold in Switzerland. The song is Melanie C's most successful single in continental Europe, spending two years in different European charts. The single has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Background



The song was written by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias and had originally been recorded by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, with lyrics in Italian as "Un Nuovo Giorno" ('A new day') for his 2004 eponymous album 'Andrea', and he also released it as a single the same year. The song was not from the original 'Beautiful Intentions' release, but was included on a re-release in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and other European countries.

Chart performance



The song became one of the biggest hits in Europe in 2005, but it was never released in UK as a commercial single, though it was included as a B side on one of the two UK CDs of her single "Carolyna". The song also was nominated as "The Single of the Year" at the 2006 ECHO Awards in Germany but lost to "Hung Up" by Madonna. On 15 September 2006, "First Day of My Life" went platinum in Germany, selling over 400,000 copies.

After a huge success of this single in Europe, Melanie recorded this song in French ('Je suis ne pour toi' I Am Born For You), to promote the single and album for French market. "First Day of My Life" also appeared on Chisholm's fourth album 'This Time' as a bonus track for the Italian release.

The song spent 57 weeks on the Swiss Singles Chart, entering on 16 October 2005 at number 15 and exiting the charts on 13 May 2007 at number 87. It peaked at number one for two weeks, from 13 to 20 November 2005.

Music video



The video was shot on location in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, on 26 August 2005 and features a number of recognizable local landmarks. For key scenes of the video, a busy downtown thoroughfare known to locals as the 'Raschplatzhochstrae' or 'Raschplatz overpass' (on which Melanie can be seen standing and singing in the video) was closed for the afternoon.

Formats and track listings



* 'European 3-Track CD'

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "Runaway" - 3:24

* 'German 2-Track CD'

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "Runaway" 3:24

* 'German Maxi CD'

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "Runaway" 3:24

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

* 'Australian Maxi CD'

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "First Day of My Life" - 4:04

# "Better Alone" 6:50

# "Better Alone" 3:05

# "Better Alone" 3:56

* 'France CD'

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

* 'Italian CD'

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

# "Warrior" 3:47

# "First Day of My Life" 4:04

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Decade-end charts



Certifications



Release history



References



Category:Andrea Bocelli songs

Category:2004 singles

Category:2004 songs

Category:2005 singles

Category:Melanie C songs

Category:Number-one singles in Germany

Category:Number-one singles in Spain

Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland

Category:Songs written by Guy Chambers

Category:Songs written by Enrique Iglesias

bg:First Day of My Life ( )

it:First Day of My Life

pt:First Day Of My Life

Buy First Day of My Life (Melanie C song) now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 2004



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1068638219.