Back It's My Life (cançó) Catalan It’s My Life (Talk-Talk-Lied) German It's My Life (canción de Talk Talk) Spanish It's My Life (chanson de Talk Talk) French It's My Life (singolo Talk Talk) Italian It's My Life (Talk Talk) Dutch It's My Life (canção de Talk Talk) Portuguese It’s My Life (песня Talk Talk) Russian อิตส์มายไลฟ์ (เพลงทอล์กทอล์ก) Thai It's My Life (Talk Talk şarkısı) Turkish
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| from the album It's My Life | ||||
| B-side | "Does Caroline Know?" | |||
| Released | 3 January 1984[1] | |||
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| Producer(s) | Tim Friese-Greene | |||
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| from the album Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk | ||||
| A-side | "It's My Life" (Original Version) | |||
| B-side | "Renée" (Live) | |||
| Released | 7 May 1990[5] | |||
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| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Hollis | |||
| Producer(s) | Tim Friese-Greene | |||
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"It's My Life" is a song by the English new wave band Talk Talk. Written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, it was the title track on the band's second album, It's My Life (1984), and released as its first single in January 1984. It reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart, but did better in several other countries, reaching number 33 in Germany, number 32 in New Zealand, number 25 in France and number 9 in Italy. It was their only hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 31 the weeks of May 19 and 26, 1984;[6][7] and it peaked at number 30 in Canada. The song also peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
The single was re-released in the UK in 1985, but only peaked at 93. In 1990, however, "It's My Life" was reissued again to promote the compilation album Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk. This time, the song was a hit in the UK, reaching number 13, the band's highest chart-placing single in its native country.
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 7 January 1984. p. 10.
- ^ Jonathan Barnes (18 October 2010). "When the man from Talk Talk fell silent". EADT 24. Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
The EMI-signed group achieved reasonable commercial success; even a couple of top 20 singles in the synth-pop classic It's My Life
- ^ Amy Phillips (31 August 2012). "Talk Talk's Mark Hollis Resurfaces With New Music for the Kelsey Grammer TV Show "Boss"". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Inc. Retrieved 23 July 2013. "After hitting it big as new wave stars in the early and mid-80s, with massive singles like "It's My Life" and "Life's What You Make It", Talk Talk abandoned synth-pop and went experimental."
- ^ Gallucci, Michael (7 November 2024). "Top 50 New Wave Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 5 May 1990. p. 35.
- ^ Talk Talk, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of May 26, 1984 – Billboard.com. Retrieved January 6, 2025.