"Lucky (In My Life)" is a song by Italian group

Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 are an Italian Eurodance group formed in 1997 in the studios of the Turin based record company Bliss Corporation. The group consists of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina, and formerly Gabry Ponte. They gained global popularity with their ...

. It was first released in June 2001 as the third single from their album '' Contact!'' in mainland Europe (the song was not released in the United Kingdom). The single reached the top 40 in

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, and

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Release history and promotion

Eiffel 65 first performed the song live at

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in 2001.Eiffel 65
Eurodance Encyclopedia. Accessed from May 12, 2013. The Italian, Canadian and Spanish vinyl releases included 5 mixes of the song. On the German and French vinyl releases, however, it had one less mix of the song than the Italian and Spanish vinyl releases, which was the "Under Deal Trance Mix" by Alex Topuntoli. Some of the CD releases for the single include only two versions of the song, which is the radio edit and a DJ Vortronik radio cut. Some CD releases have six mixes of the song, and other CD releases include all 8 mixes. "Lucky" is the first track of the album '' Contact!''. Seven of the mixes of the song were featured on the 2x release of the album, and the Gabry Ponte radio mix of the song is the second track of the

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release of the album.

Composition and critical response

The song is played in an

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key at 130 BPM. While most of the band's songs combine fantasy with subtle messages, Lucky (In My Life) is a simple, happy, sunny and summery-style song centered around the better things in life.

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's Mackenzie Wilson, in a review of ''Contact!'', highlighted the use of a

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in the song.Wilson, Mackenzie. Contact - Eiffel 65

. Accessed from May 11, 2013. Laut.de said that "more music should come out as Euro-dance numbers in the style of the single "Lucky (In My Life)" for the foam party."Dobler, Eberhard
"Contact" von Eiffel 65
Laut.de. Accessed from May 11, 2013. Rockol.it praised how catchy the songs "Lucky (In My Life)" and "Back in time" were, saying that they "do not fail to do their duty."Maraone, Paola. (September 9, 2001)
CONTACT! - Eiffel 65
Rockol.it. Accessed from April 17, 2013.

Commercial performance

The song debuted at peaked in #13 in

. However, it dropped to #15 the next week, and ended at #20 the week after. In

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, the song debuted at #97, and three weeks later the song peaked at #68. It ended at #96 on its sixth week. The song charted for 11 weeks in

, debuting at #54, peaking at #23 on the seventh week, and ending at #52. In

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, the song debuted at #74, but dropped to #100, and only managed to go up to #90 on the final week. The song was also a Top 40 hit in

, peaking at #25, and was also charted in Germany, peaking at #57, and in

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, peaking #56.

Music video

The video for this song features the band and three nearly look-alikes of the band. The video describes three ordinary people watching Eiffel 65 music videos and idolizing the band when they too become their idols. However, when the ordinary people attempt to use Effiel 65's powers, it doesn't work for some reason (Ex. They try to fight the Blue Aliens like Maurizio and Gabry did in the "Blue" Music Video but the aliens kept hitting them).

Track listing

; CD maxi # "Lucky (In My Life)" (radio cut) — 3:50 # "Lucky (In My Life)" (Gabry Ponte club mix) — 5:15 # "Lucky (In My Life)" (ice pop extended mix) — 5:05 # "Lucky (In My Life)" (burn down da house cut) — 5:14 # "Lucky (In My Life)" (under deal trance mix) — 4:30 # "Lucky (In My Life)" (DJ Vontronik) — 4:02

Charts

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 2001 songs Eiffel 65 songs Songs written by Maurizio Lobina Songs written by Jeffrey Jey