Life Is a Flower

"Life Is a Flower"
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Flowers
B-side"No Good Lover"
Released6 April 1998
Recorded1997
Length3:47
LabelMega
Songwriter(s)Jonas "Joker" Berggren
Producer(s)
  • Jonas "Joker" Berggren
  • Per Adebratt
  • Tommy Ekman
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry"
(1996)
"Life Is a Flower"
(1998)
"Cruel Summer"
(1998)
Music video
"Life Is a Flower" on YouTube

"Life Is a Flower" is a song by the Swedish group Ace of Base, released in Europe on 6 April 1998 by Mega Records as the first single from the group's third album, Flowers (1998). The song peaked at number-one in Hungary and was a top-ten hit in Denmark, Finland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the UK. In the US, it was released with different lyrics, titled "Whenever You're Near Me", and in a different key. "Life Is a Flower" was certified silver in the UK by the BPI. Jonas Berggren, writer of the song, described it as is his greatest Ace of Base song in a 2015 interview.[1]

  1. ^ "Interview: Ace of Base". Renowned for Sound. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.