Life (Simply Red album)

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"Fairground"
Life
	File:Simply Red Life.jpg
Studio album by Simply Red
Released	24 October 1995
Genre	Rock, Soul, Pop, Adult contemporary
Length	47:18
Label	East West Records
Producer	Mick Hucknall, Stewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
Singles from Life
	"Fairground"; Released: 18 September 1995; "Remembering the First Time"; Released: November 1995; "Never Never Love"; Released: February 1996; "We're in This Together"; Released: June 1996;

Life is the fifth studio album by British band Simply Red, released in 1995. The lead single "Fairground" became their first number 1 hit in the UK. Due to this success, the album also made #1 on the UK album chart. It also included "We're in This Together", the official theme song for Euro '96. This was also the last album to feature band member Fritz McIntyre.

Track listing

All songs composed by Mick Hucknall

"You Make Me Believe" – 3:51
"So Many People" – 5:19
"Lives and Loves" – 3:21
"Fairground" – 5:33
"Never Never Love" – 4:19
"So Beautiful" – 4:58
"Hillside Avenue" – 4:45
"Remembering the First Time" – 4:43
"Out on the Range" – 6:00
"We're in This Together" – 4:14

2008 Special Edition bonus tracks

"Fairground" [Rollo and Sister Bliss Remix] - 9:06
"Remembering the First Time" [Satoshi Tomie Classic 12" Mix] - 8:53
"Never Never Love" [Too Precious Club Radio Mix] - 4:22
"We're in This Together" [Universal Feeling Mix] - 4:15
"You Make Me Believe" [Howie B Mix] - 4:01

Personnel

Mick Hucknall - lead vocals, background vocals, guitar, bass guitar & string arrangement
Fritz McIntyre - keyboards & background vocals
Ian Kirkham - saxophone, EWI & keyboards
Heitor T P - guitars
Dee Johnson - background vocals

Guest musicians

Sly Dunbar - drums and programming
Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
Bootsy Collins - bass guitar
Ritchie Stevens - drums
Danny Cummings - percussion
Hugh Masekela - flugelhorn
Andy Wright - programming, keyboards and string arrangement
Umoja Singers Chorale
The London Metropolitan Orchestra
Caroline Dale - string arrangement and conduction

The video for “Never Never Love” featured several women, including British actresses Billie Whitelaw and Stephanie Beacham, and fashion models like Kirsten Owen, for example.

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Album Chart^[4]	7
Austrian Albums Chart^[5]	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) ^[6]	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[7]	18
Canadian Albums Chart^[8]	30
Danish Albums Chart^[9]	2
Dutch Albums Chart^[10]	3
European Albums Chart^[9]	1
Finnish Albums Chart^[11]	14
French SNEP Albums Chart^[12]	7
German Media Control Albums Chart^[13]	1
Irish Albums Chart^[9]	3
Italian Albums Chart^[14]	2
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[15]	32
New Zealand Albums Chart^[16]	3
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[17]	11
Portuguese Albums Chart^[18]	1
Spanish Albums Chart^[9]	5
Swedish Albums Chart^[19]	2
Swiss Albums Chart^[20]	1
UK Albums Chart^[21]	1
U.S. Billboard 200 ^[22]	75

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[23]	Platinum	50,000
France (SNEP)^[24]	Gold	162,900^[25]
Germany (BVMI)^[26]	Platinum	500,000
Italy (FIMI)^[27]	2× Platinum	200,000
Netherlands (NVPI)^[28]	Platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[29]	Gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)^[30]	5× Platinum	1,500,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[31]	3× Platinum	3,000,000
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Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Austrian Albums Chart^[32]	23
Italian Albums Chart^[33]	30
Swiss Albums Chart^[34]	43
UK Albums Chart^[35]	4
Chart (1996)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[36]	41
UK Albums Chart^[37]	44

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Preceded by Abenteuerland by Pur Daydream by Mariah Carey	German Media Control number one album 20 October – 2 November 1995 10 – 16 November 1995	Succeeded by Daydream by Mariah Carey Made in Heaven by Queen
Preceded by (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis	UK number one album 21 October – 10 November 1995	Succeeded by Different Class by Pulp
Preceded by Zeit by STS	Austrian Chart number-one album 22 October – 5 November 1995	Succeeded by Megaparty Vol. 2 by Die Schlümpfe
Preceded by Daydream by Mariah Carey	Portuguese Chart number-one album 24 October 1995	Succeeded by Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! by Roxette
Preceded by Ballbreaker by AC/DC	European Top 100 number-one album 28 October – 18 November 1995	Succeeded by Made in Heaven by Queen
Preceded by Daydream by Mariah Carey	Swiss Music Chart number-one album 29 October – 12 November 1995	Succeeded by Made in Heaven by Queen

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v t e Simply Red
Mick Hucknall Ian Kirkham Steve Lewinson Kenji Suzuki Kevin Robinson Dave Clayton Roman Roth Fritz McIntyre Tim Kellett Tony Bowers Chris Joyce David Fryman Sylvan Richardson Aziz Ibrahim Heitor Pereira Gota Yashiki Shaun Ward Dee Johnson Velroy Bailey Sarah Brown Tim Vine John Johnson Mark Jaimes Wayne Stobbart Chris De Margary Andy Wright Pete Lewinson
Studio albums	Picture Book Men and Women A New Flame Stars Life Blue Love and the Russian Winter Home Simplified Stay Big Love
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits It's Only Love The Very Best of Simply Red Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
Related articles	Discography Mick Hucknall discography The Montreux EP Simply Red Farewell – Live in Concert at Sydney Opera House

Life (Simply Red album)

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Track listing

2008 Special Edition bonus tracks

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