Life was one of the most successful albums by Simply Red

Simply Red

Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...

. Their song, "Fairground" was also their first number 1 hit in the UK. Due to this success, the album made #1 on the UK album chart. It also included "We're in This Together", the official theme song for Euro '96

1996 UEFA European Football Championship

The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by England, who won the right to host the tournament ahead of bids from Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first to use the...

. This was also the last album to feature band member Fritz McIntyre

Fritz McIntyre

Fritz McIntyre is a British musician, most famous for his tenure as keyboard player in the original line-up of Simply Red.-Career:...

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Track listing

All songs composed by Mick Hucknall

Mick Hucknall

Michael "Mick" Hucknall is a British singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the British band Simply Red, and is recognisable for his smooth, distinctive voice and wide vocal range, as well as his red curly hair.-Early life:...

, except "Hillside Avenue" co-written by Connie Crothers

1. "You Make Me Believe" – 3:51
2. "So Many People" – 5:19
3. "Lives and Loves" – 3:21
4. "Fairground
   Fairground (Simply Red song)
   "Fairground" is a 1995 single released by Simply Red from the album Life. The song contains a sample of The Goodmen's "Give It Up".-Video:...
   
   " – 5:33
5. "Never Never Love" – 4:19
6. "So Beautiful" – 4:58
7. "Hillside Avenue" – 4:45
8. "Remembering the First Time" – 4:43
9. "Out on the Range" – 6:00
10. "We're in This Together" – 4:14

Personnel

• Mick Hucknall
  Mick Hucknall
  Michael "Mick" Hucknall is a British singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the British band Simply Red, and is recognisable for his smooth, distinctive voice and wide vocal range, as well as his red curly hair.-Early life:...
  
   - vocals, background vocals, guitar, bass guitar & string arrangement
• Fritz McIntyre
  Fritz McIntyre
  Fritz McIntyre is a British musician, most famous for his tenure as keyboard player in the original line-up of Simply Red.-Career:...
  
   - keyboards & background vocals
• Ian Kirkham
  Ian Kirkham
  Ian Kirkham is a world-renowned saxophonist, who has been the saxophone player for Simply Red since 1986. He started learning piano at five, and saxophone at eleven.-References:...
  
   - saxophone, EWI & keyboards
• Heitor T P
  Heitor Pereira
  Heitor Teixeira Pereira , or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian musician, who played with Simply Red and several famous musicians, like Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d...
  
   - guitars
• Dee Johnson - background vocals

Guest musicians

• Sly Dunbar
  Sly Dunbar
  Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar is a drummer.-Biography:Dunbar, whose nickname was reportedly given for his passion for Sly & the Family Stone, launched his musical career while still in his adolescence, playing with a local group, The Yardbrooms, at the age of fifteen...
  
   - drums and programming
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
• Bootsy Collins
  Bootsy Collins
  William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
  
   - bass guitar
• Ritchie Stevens - drums
• Danny Cummings - percussion
• Hugh Masekela
  Hugh Masekela
  Hugh Ramopolo Masekela is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer.-Early life:Masekela was born in Kwa-Guqa Township, Witbank, South Africa. He began singing and playing piano as a child...
  
   - flugelhorn
• Andy Wright - programming, keyboards and string arrangement
• Umoja Singers Chorale
• The London Metropolitan Orchestra
• Caroline Dale - string arrangement and conduction

The video for "Never Never Love" featured several women, including Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham is a British television, film and theatre actress. Making her film debut in 1971's The Nightcomers opposite Marlon Brando and becoming more well-known on British television in the BBC series Tenko and the ITV series Connie , her worldwide breakthrough came as a result of playing...

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Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Album Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	7
Austrian Albums Chart	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	18
Canadian Albums Chart RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...	30
Dutch Albums Chart	3
Finnish Albums Chart	14
French SNEP Albums Chart	7
German Media Control Albums Chart	1
Italian Albums Chart	4
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	32
New Zealand Albums Chart	3
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	11
Swedish Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	1
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	75

Certifications

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Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Austrian Albums Chart	23
Italian Albums Chart	30
Swiss Albums Chart	43
UK Albums Chart	4
Chart (1996)	Position
Australian Albums Chart	41
UK Albums Chart	44