It's My Life (Dr. Alban song)
"It's My Life" is a song by the Nigerian-Swedish artist Dr. Alban. It was released in April 1992 as the first single from his second studio album, One Love. The song was a hit in most of the European countries where it was released, peaking at number one in Sweden, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium and number two in the UK. In France, the song was marketed twice: first in 1992, then in 1993 because the song was used in a TV advert for Tampax tampons (as it was in the UK and other countries in Europe in 1992), thus giving to the single a second career. According to Infodisc website, about 91,000 copies of the single were sold in France.  The song had enough airplay on US college radio stations to reach the Billboard Modern rock tracks in 1992. "It's My Life" was re-released in 1994 in Australia, following the success of "Sing Hallelujah".

Critical reception
Billboard magazine wrote about the song: "European rapper/toaster has previously been heralded for his sturdy dancehall releases. This time, however, he aims for mainstream approval with a gem of a jam that carefully skirts the line dividing hi-NRG and rave sectors. Anthemic chants are placed within a percolating vat of keyboard and percussion effects that will kick during peak-hour sets."

Track listings
 CD single
 "It's My Life" (radio edit) — 4:00
 "It's My Life" (club edit) — 4:07

 CD maxi
 "It's My Life" (radio edit) — 4:00
 "It's My Life" (extended) — 7:43
 "It's My Life" (extended radio) — 7:03

Personnel
Composers
John Amatiello - Composer
Chuck Anthony - Composer, Vocals (Background)
Dr. Alban - Composer
Jörgen Elofsson - Composer
Peo Haggstrom - Composer
Kristian Lundin - Composer
Sonny Okosun - Composer
Todd Terry - Composer
Errol Thompson - Composer
Jorge Vasconcelo - Composer

Vocals
Dr. Alban (primary artist)
Chuck Anthony (Background vocals)
Atari
Kofi Benitez & The Girls (Background vocals)
Anneli Berg (Background vocals)
Marilyn Bergman  (Background vocals))
Giovanna Bragazza (Background vocals)
Gladys Delpilar (Background vocals)
Toro Paola Choir (Background vocals)
Poe & The Afrikan Conga Association (Background vocals)
Rico (Background vocals)
Bjorn Strom (Background vocals)

Technical
Douglas Carr - Engineer, Producer
Björn Engelmann - Mastering
Anders Hansson	- Arranger
Rene "JM Fax" Hedemyr - Producer
Denniz Pop - Producer
Gundars Rullis - Engineer

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
It's My Life

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other uses
The song was used in a TV advert for Tampax tampons (as it was in the UK and other countries in Europe in 1992), thus giving to the single a second career.

The song was featured in the 1993 Bollywood film Baazigar and 1994 Bollywood film Suhaag.

It was covered by Grup Vitamin, famous Turkish parody group, as "İsmail" at Yandık Desene album in 1992 and Endoplazmik Retikulum one in 2015.

The song was used the first air and song in Chilean radio Rock & Pop in December 1, 1992

It's My Life (Don't Worry)

In 2014, a remake of the song was released by Moroccan singer Chawki featuring vocals by Dr. Alban. The song with amended lyrics also known as "It's My Life (Don't Worry)" was produced by RedOne and released on RedOne Records. A music video was also shot for the release. The single charted in the French SNEP official Singles Chart.

Chawki also released a bilingual English/French version of the song titled "It's My Life (C'est Ma Vie)"

Charts