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It's Your Life (Smokie song)

"It's Your Life" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1977 studio album Bright Lights & Back Alleys. It first came out in June 1977 as a single and later appeared on the album, which was released in late September.

"It's Your Life"
Single by Smokie
from the album Bright Lights & Back Alleys
B-side"Now You Think You Know"
ReleasedJune 1977
Length3:34
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
Smokie singles chronology
"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
(1977) 		"It's Your Life"
(1977) 		"Needles and Pins"
(1977)
Music video
"It's Your Life" on YouTube

Background and writing edit

The song was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and produced by Mike Chapman.

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 42
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 7
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 5
West Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 3

Year-end charts edit

Chart (1977) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] 80
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 92
West Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 22

References edit

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 30, 1977" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  7. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life". VG-lista. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life". Singles Top 100. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  9. ^ "Smokie – It's Your Life". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Smokie – It's Your Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via Imgur.com.
  13. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1977". austriancharts.at. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1977". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1977". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved January 28, 2022.

External links edit

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