"Big City Life" | ||||
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Single by Mattafix | ||||
from the album Signs of a Struggle | ||||
Released | 8 August 2005 | |||
Length | 3:57 | |||
Label | Buddhist Punk | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Mattafix | |||
Mattafix singles chronology | ||||
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"Big City Life" on YouTube |
"Big City Life" is a song by English electronic music duo Mattafix. With a chorus sung in Jamaican Patois, "Big City Life" was released in August 2005 as the second single from Mattafix's debut album, Signs of a Struggle (2005). The single topped the charts in Austria, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, and Switzerland, and it peaked at number 15 in the duo's native United Kingdom. The song's music video was directed by Scott Franklin. [1]
UK CD1 [1]
European 7-inch single [2] [4]
European 12-inch single [5]
| European maxi-CD single [6]
Australian CD single [7]
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Personnel are lifted from the Signs of a Struggle album booklet. [8]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [53] | Gold | 15,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [54] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [55] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [56] | Gold | 5,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [57] | Platinum | 40,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 8 August 2005 |
| Buddhist Punk | [58] |
Australia | 13 February 2006 | CD | [59] |
"Big City Life" | ||||
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Single by Luude and Mattafix | ||||
Released | 17 June 2022 | |||
Genre | Drum and bass [60] | |||
Length | 2:26 | |||
Label | Sweat It Out | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Luude | |||
Luude and Mattafix singles chronology | ||||
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In 2022, Australian producer Luude was approached by Mattafix to remix "Big City Life" as a drum and bass track. [60] The song was released on 17 June 2022 and reached the top 10 on the Official New Zealand Singles Chart. [61]
At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Song of the Year. [62]
Chart (2022–2023) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [63] | 55 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [64] | 19 |
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [65] | 54 |
Germany (GfK) [66] | 67 |
Ireland (IRMA) [67] | 30 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [68] | 2 |
UK Singles (OCC) [69] | 8 |
UK Dance (OCC) [70] | 4 |
Chart (2022) | Position |
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New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [71] | 31 |
UK Singles (OCC) [72] | 65 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [73] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [74] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [75] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [76] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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