I've Got a Life explained

I've Got a Life
Cover:Eurythmics IGAL.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Eurythmics
Album:Ultimate Collection
B-Side:"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Steve Angello Remix)
Released:[1]
Genre:Dance-pop
Length:4:07
Label:Arista, Sony BMG
Producer:David A. Stewart
Prev Title:17 Again
Prev Year:2000

"I've Got a Life" is a song released by the British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was released as a single in 2005, in order to promote their second greatest hits compilation, Ultimate Collection. It was written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. It was the duo's final single to date, becoming their fourteenth UK Top 20 hit, and also topped the US Dance Chart.

Recording

The song was one of two newly recorded tracks included on Eurythmics' second greatest hits package Ultimate Collection, and the only one of the two released as a single (the other newly recorded track being the song "Was It Just Another Love Affair?").[2] The song is an electronic dance tune with uplifting lyrics of empowerment. Its music video featured Lennox and Stewart performing the song in front of many television screens showing scenes from videos spanning their Eurythmics career. Lennox also reprised her "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" image by performing the song in a man's suit (her hair was not shaved and colored orange, however).[3] The music video for the song is directed by Matthew Rolston.

Track listings

UK CD 1
  1. "I've Got a Life" – 4:08
  2. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Steve Angello Remix) – 5:31
UK CD 2
  1. "I've Got a Life" – 4:06
  2. "I've Got a Life" (Sander Kleinenberg's You're It Mix) – 7:35
  3. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Remastered) – 4:06

Personnel

Chart information

"I've Got a Life" returned Eurythmics to the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart for the twenty-fourth time, peaking at number 14. The song was released as a digital download in the United States, although dance remixes were issued on vinyl to nightclub DJs. The track spent three weeks at number 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart at the end of 2005 and reached number 31 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Global Dance Songs (Billboard)[5] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)! scope="col"
Position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[6] 15

See also

Notes and References

  1. The Schedule: Singles. Music Week. 17. 29 October 2005.
  2. Ultimate Collection liner notes . RCA/BMG . November 2005 . CD.
  3. Web site: "I've Got a Life" on YouTube . Sony BMG . 27 July 2013 . Rolston, Matthew.
  4. Web site: Eurythmics – I've Got A Life (CD) at Discogs . Discogs . 27 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Eurythmics Chart History (Global Dance Songs) . . 3 June 2020.
  6. Web site: Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2006 . Billboard . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411110945/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/dance-club-songs . 11 April 2019.

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