Beautiful Life (Ace of Base song)

"Beautiful Life"
Artwork for US release; international release uses different typeface for the song title and includes the band's name
Single by Ace of Base
from the album The Bridge
Released20 October 1995
GenreEurodance, techno
Length3:38
LabelMega
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Lucky Love"
(1995)
"Beautiful Life"
(1995)
"Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry"
(1996)
Music video
"Beautiful Life" on YouTube
Audio sample

"Beautiful Life" is a song by Swedish band Ace of Base, released on 20 October 1995 from their second album, The Bridge (1995).[1] In North America, it was the first single released from the album; in Europe, it followed "Lucky Love" as the second single. Co-written by band member Jonas Berggren and produced by him with Denniz Pop and Max Martin, the single reached number 15 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in December 1995.[2] It reached number one on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart and Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 2017, BuzzFeed ranked "Beautiful Life" number 51 in their list of The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s.[3]

  1. ^ "Ace of Base's success fuels Swedish confidence". Billboard. 28 October 1995. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ^ Billboard – Google Boeken. Nielsen Business Media. 16 December 1995. Retrieved 15 January 2012 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (11 March 2017). "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 31 March 2020.