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Life Is a Flower è il primo singolo estratto dall'album Flowers degli Ace of Base del 1998.

Life Is a Flower singolo discografico
Artista	Ace of Base
Pubblicazione	6 aprile 1998
Durata	3:47
Album di provenienza	Flowers
Genere	Pop
Etichetta	Mega Records
Registrazione	1998
Formati	CD
Certificazioni
Dischi d'argento	Regno Unito[1] (vendite: 200 000+)
Dischi d'oro	Svezia[2] (vendite: 15 000+)
Ace of Base - cronologia
Singolo precedente Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry (1996) Singolo successivo Cruel Summer (1998)

La canzone è stata modificata per il mercato americano, cambiando infatti il testo e di conseguenza il titolo, Whenever You're Near Me, poiché il gruppo riteneva che gli argomenti della canzone non sarebbero stati accettati negli Stati Uniti.

Raggiunse il 1º posto in Ungheria e il 3° in Scozia Danimarca e Finlandia.

si aggiudicò il Disco d'oro in Svezia e il Disco d'argento nel Regno Unito.

In Italia arrivò al 9º posto, diventando il 76º disco più venduto del 1998.

Etichette di pubblicazione nei diversi paesi

• Mega = Scandinavia
• Polydor = Germania
• Barclay = Francia
• London = Regno Unito
• BMG Japan = Giappone
• Many = Italia

Tracce e formati

• CD Single:

(Mega MRCDS 2900 / POLYDOR 569 856-2 / London ACEMC 7 / BARCLAY 569 405-2)

1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44

• Maxi-Single:

(Mega MRCXCD 2900 / Polydor 569 857-2 / BMG JAPAN BVCA-29001)

1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
2. Life Is a Flower (Reggae Version) 3:32
3. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
4. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets Night Club Mix) 5:20
5. No Good Lover (Previously Unreleased) 3:54

• UK CD 1:

(LONDON ACECD7)

1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44
3. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets' Night Club Mix) 5:20
4. Life Is a Flower (Milk Long Edit)

• UK CD 2:

(LONDON ACCDP7)

1. Life Is a Flower 3:45
2. The Sign
3. All That She Wants

• Maxi-Single Remixes:

(Mega MRCXCD 2906)

1. Life Is a Flower (Milk Inc. Club Mix) 5:12
2. Life Is a Flower (Sweetbox Remix) 6:15
3. Life Is a Flower (Absolom Remix) 7:43
4. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets Night Club Mix) 5:19
5. Life Is a Flower (Milk Inc. UHT Radio Mix) 3:40

• Maxi-Single Remixes:

(POLYDOR 567 189-2)

1. Life Is a Flower (Absolom Short Edit)
2. Life Is a Flower (Absolom Long Edit)
3. Life Is a Flower (Milk Long Edit)
4. Life Is a Flower (Sweetbox Mix) 5:19
5. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets Night Club Mix) 5:20

• 12" Vinyl:

(MANY RECORDS MN01012)

1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
2. Life Is a Flower (Reggae Version) 3:32
3. No Good Lover (Previously Unreleased) 3:54
4. Life Is a Flower (Soul Poets' Night Club Mix) 5:20
5. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44

• 7" Vinyl:

(LONDON ACEB7)

1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44

• Cassingle:

(POLYDOR 567 342-4 / LONDON ACEMC7)

1. Life Is a Flower (Original Version) 3:45
2. Life Is a Flower (Extended Version) 5:44

Date di pubblicazione

• Germania 6 aprile 1998 (LP Version)
• Scandinavia 20 aprile 1998 (LP Version)
• Regno Unito 13 luglio 1998 (LP Version)

Classifiche

Classifica	Posizione raggiunta
Austrian Singles Chart	15
Danish Singles Chart	3
Dutch Singles Chart	40
Finnish Singles Chart	3
French Singles Chart	16
German Singles Chart	20
Irish Singles Chart	19
MTV European Top 20	6
Norwegian Singles Chart	20
Spanish Singles Chart	7
Swiss Singles Chart	18
Swedish Singles Chart	5
UK Airplay Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	5

Vendite

• UK: 264.000 (Silver)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

• Ace of Base - Life Is a Flower (Official), su YouTube, 8 dicembre 2011.
• (EN) Life Is a Flower, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) Life Is a Flower, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Life Is a Flower (canzone), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) Life Is a Flower (album), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

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На других языках

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[de] Life Is a Flower

Life Is a Flower (deutsch: „Das Leben ist eine Blume“) ist ein Popsong der schwedischen Gruppe Ace of Base aus dem Jahr 1998. Musik und Text stammen von Jonas Berggren, Produzenten waren neben Berggren selbst Tommy Ekman und Per Adebratt.

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[en] Life Is a Flower

"Life Is a Flower" is a 1998 song by Swedish group Ace of Base, released as the first single from their third album, Flowers (1998). The song was released in the US with different lyrics, titled "Whenever You're Near Me", and in a different key. It peaked at number-one in Hungary and was a top-ten hit in Denmark, Finland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the UK. "Life Is a Flower" was certified silver in the UK by the BPI. Jonas Berggren, writer of "Life Is a Flower", in a 2015 interview described it as is his greatest Ace of Base song.[1]

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- [it] Life Is a Flower

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