Life Is a Rollercoaster

"Life Is a Rollercoaster"
Single by Ronan Keating
from the album Ronan
B-side
  • "Since 13"
  • "You"
  • "Thank God I Kissed You"
Released10 July 2000 (2000-07-10)
StudioFredonia International, Track Record (Hollywood, California)
GenrePop rock[1]
Length3:56
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Gregg Alexander
  • Rick Nowels
Ronan Keating singles chronology
"These Days"
(1999) 		"Life Is a Rollercoaster"
(2000) 		"The Way You Make Me Feel"
(2000)

"Life Is a Rollercoaster" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating from his debut solo album, Ronan (2000). The song was written and produced by New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander, and Rick Nowels, having originally been intended for the second New Radicals album which never came to fruition due to Alexander's decision to break up the band.

"Life Is a Rollercoaster" was released on 10 July 2000 in the United Kingdom. The song debuted at number one in the UK and Ireland, becoming Keating's second number-one single in both countries. In the UK, where the song was subject to a charting controversy, it became the 22nd-biggest-selling single of the year, and it has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams exceeding 600,000 units. Worldwide, "Life Is a Rollercoaster" topped the music charts of the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Iceland and peaked within the top 10 in an additional nine countries.

Release and controversy

In the United Kingdom, Polydor Records released "Life Is a Rollercoaster" on 10 July 2000 across three formats: an enhanced CD single, a limited-edition CD single, and a cassette single.[2] The original version of the enhanced CD contains two B-sides—"Since 13" and "You"—as well as a CD-ROM interview with Ronan Keating.[3] This caused an issue when the Chart Supervisory Committee (CSC) ruled the format ineligible to chart, discarding about 100,000 copies of the single that had already been sold.[4][5]

Under the previous chart regulations, the enhanced section of a CD had to contain an enhanced version of an audio track that was on the same disc, to which CD1 of "Life Is a Rollercoaster" did not comply.[6] As a result, more pressings of the limited-edition CD were created while a new enhanced CD was rush-released.[4] This incident caused the CSC to add new rules regarding multimedia formats, which came into effect in late August 2000.[6] On its second week of release, the ineligible CD sold about 14,000 more copies during the first half of the week, which would have given "Life Is a Rollercoaster" a second week at number one on the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Ronan album booklet.[12]

Studios

Personnel

  • Gregg Alexander – writing, production
  • Rick Nowels – writing, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, production
  • Danielle Brisebois – backing vocals, Pro Tools editing
  • Yvonne Williams – backing vocals
  • Jackie Smiley – backing vocals
  • Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals
  • Rusty Anderson – guitars
  • John Pierce – bass guitar
  • Charles Judge – piano, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Free – Pro Tools editing
  • Paula J. Jones – recording
  • Randy Wine – recording
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Wayne Rodrigues – programming
  • Colleen Donahue-Reynolds – production coordination
  • Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[49] Gold 35,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[50] Gold  
Sweden (GLF)[51] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[52] Platinum 600,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 10 July 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [2]
Japan 25 October 2000 CD [53]

References

  1. ^ Cooper, Kevin (12 September 2020). "Album Review: Ronan Keating – Twenty Twenty". UK Music Reviews. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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  4. ^ a b Jones, Alan (22 July 2000). "Chart Commentary". Music Week. p. 15.
  5. ^ a b Jones, Alan (29 July 2000). "Chart Commentary". Music Week. p. 13.
  6. ^ a b Williams, Paul (29 July 2000). "CSC to Confirm Multimedia Rules After Keating Breach". Music Week. p. 4.
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  9. ^ Life Is a Rollercoaster (UK CD2 liner notes). Ronan Keating. Polydor Records. 2000. 561 936-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Life Is a Rollercoaster (UK 7-inch single vinyl disc). Ronan Keating. Polydor Records. 2000. 561 936-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ Life Is a Rollercoaster (UK cassette single sleeve). Ronan Keating. Polydor Records. 2000. 561 936-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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