It's My Life – The Album

It's My Life
Studio album by Sash!
Released	June 1997[1]
Recorded	1996–97
Label	Mighty X-It Multiply
Producer	Sash! Tokapi
Sash! chronology
It's My Life (1997) Life Goes On (1998)
Singles from It's My Life
"It's My Life" Released: 23 July 1996 "Encore Une Fois" Released: 1996 / 21 January 1997 "Ecuador" Released: 22 April 1997 "Stay" Released: 26 September 1997[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Music Week	[4]

It's My Life (also known as It's My Life – The Album) is the debut album by German DJ/production team Sash!, released in June 1997 via the Multiply and PolyGram labels. Four singles were released from the album: "It's My Life", "Encore une fois", "Ecuador" and "Stay". Two versions of the album exist, a one-disc version and a later version with a second disc featuring remixes. The album was certified platinum in the UK.

Track listing

Standard version[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mighty Break"	Ralf Kappmeier Sascha Lappessen Thomas Alisson	5:56
2.	"Final Pizzi"	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	5:11
3.	"Cheating Twister"	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	5:14
4.	"Stay" (featuring La Trec)	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson Frankie McCoy	5:54
5.	"Sweat" (featuring La Trec)	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson McCoy	5:53
6.	"Hoopstar" (Sash! & Nonex)	Volker Bertelmann El Topo Piid Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson McCoy	6:52
7.	"It's My Life"	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	6:12
8.	"Encore une fois"	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	6:25
9.	"Ecuador" (featuring Rodriguez)	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	5:51
10.	"It's My Life" (NBG mix)	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	5:50
11.	"Encore une fois" (Future Breeze mix)	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	6:27
12.	"Ecuador" (featuring Rodriguez) (Bruce Wayne mix)	Kappmeier Lappessen Alisson	5:48

Australian edition[6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's My Life"	6:12
2.	"Encore une fois" (featuring Sabine Ohmes)	6:25
3.	"Ecuador" (featuring Rodriguez)	5:51
4.	"Mighty Break"	5:58
5.	"Final Pizzi"	5:11
6.	"Cheating Twister"	5:14
7.	"Stay" (featuring La Trec)	5:54
8.	"Sweat" (featuring La Trec)	5:53
9.	"Hoopstar" (featuring Nonex)	6:52
10.	"It's My Life" (NBG remix)	5:50
11.	"Encore une fois" (Future Breeze mix)	6:27
12.	"Ecuador" (Bruce Wayne mix)	5:48

Italian edition[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's My Life"	6:16
2.	"Encore une fois" (featuring Sabine Ohmes)	6:30
3.	"Ecuador" (featuring Rodriguez)	5:55
4.	"Mighty Break"	5:59
5.	"Final Pizzi"	5:15
6.	"Cheating Twister"	5:19
7.	"Stay" (featuring La Trec)	6:00
8.	"Sweat" (featuring La Trec)	5:58
9.	"Hoopstar" (featuring Nonex)	6:55
10.	"It's My Life" (NBG remix)	5:53
11.	"Encore une fois" (Future Breeze mix)	6:29
12.	"Ecuador" (Klubbheads mix)	6:32

Charts

Chart positions for It's My Life

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8]	82
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10]	37
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]	32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	38
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13]	11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14]	19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	37
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	6

Certifications

Certifications for It's My Life

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[18]	Gold	25,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Platinum	300,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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2. "Sash! singles".
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8. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 243.
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