The Time of My Life (David Cook song)

"The Time of My Life"
Single by David Cook
Released May 22, 2008
Format Digital download
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:36
Label RCA
Writer(s) Regie Hamm
Producer(s) Steve Lipson[1]
Certification Platinum (RIAA)[2]
David Cook singles chronology
"The Time of My Life"
(2008)		 "Light On"
(2008)

"The Time of My Life" is the debut single by David Cook, written by Regie Hamm. It was released in 2008 after Cook won the seventh season of American Idol.

Background

The song is the winner out of thousands of entries for the 2008 American Idol Songwriter's Competition, and was written by Regie Hamm.[3] It was released as Cook's first single exclusively on iTunes on May 22, 2008. The next day, it was made available at all digital retailers. The song was sent to the radio stations following the end of the airing of American Idol finale in Hawaii.[4]

On the 2008 ESPY's the song was used. The song was also used at the end of 2008 Summer Olympics Games opening ceremony on August 8, 2008 by NBC to recap the events that took place during the opening ceremonies. It has also been used throughout the Olympics to recap the days victories for the United States. This song was also used for a Viennese Waltz on So You Think You Can Dance season 4, performed by Courtney G. and Mark; and a Viennese Waltz on So You Think You Can Dance Canada season 2, performed by Corynne and Anthony.

In June 2009, in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, the Llanview school chorus sang the song.

Chart performance

In the U.S. the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number three with 236,000 copies sold in its first week of release. These figures give it the strongest first week sales of an Idol coronation single since season 2. The song debuted at number two on the Canadian Hot 100, blocked by Madonna's "4 Minutes". Due to low airplay in the U.S., the song was prevented from debuting at number one by Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" featuring Static Major and singer Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love". In addition to its high opening week sales, "The Time of My Life" showed strong sales longevity, and has passed the million mark in digital sales.[5] The song's sales and radio longevity allowed it to stay in the top 50 on the Hot 100 for nineteen weeks, before being removed from the chart after its twentieth week per Billboard's recurrent rules.

On June 1, 2008, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at number 61.[6] It also debuted in New Zealand at number 29.

As of the week ending September 13, the single has reached number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, number 28 and Top 40 Mainstream [7] It is only the second coronation single of an American Idol winner to reach the top 40 on U.S. Mainstream radio, following Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This." The song was particularly successful on U.S. Adult radio. The song reached number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, breaking a 36 week streak of number one songs by female artists on the chart, and initially remained at the top spot for 11 weeks. During the Holiday 2008 season, Faith Hill's "A Baby Changes Everything" briefly overtook the number one spot on the chart, but "The Time of My Life" returned to the top in January 2009, where it has spent an additional three weeks so far. This brings its total to fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number one to date. Cook is also the second American Idol winner to top the chart, and the fourth contestant from the show to top it.[8] The song has also enjoyed one of the longest runs at number one on the chart, placing in the top ten of longest running number one's by a male artist on the chart.[9] It also reached the top ten on the Adult Top 40, peaking at number seven.

The RIAA certified "The Time of My Life" platinum on December 12, 2008 for selling over 1 million digital downloads,[2] making it the second platinum-selling coronation song for an American Idol winner, after Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This". It became the best selling coronation song by June 2009 [10] As of June 2012, the single has sold 1.5 million units.[11]

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100 2
Finnish Singles Chart 10
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 29
UK Singles Chart 61
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 3
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 28
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[13] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs 7
Year-end chart (2008)[14] Rank
Canadian Hot 100 75
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 69
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 8
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs 26
U.S. Billboard Digital Songs 65
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 79
Year-end chart (2009)[15] Rank
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 9

Acclaims

"The Time of My Life" took Song of the Year honors at the Nashville Music Awards October 7, 2009. Billboard has declared it "...one of the longest–running chart–toppers by a solo male artist in AC history." The hit single has joined the ranks of selected Nashville–penned songs that have achieved remarkable success at the number one spot, including Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956. The song hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot AC chart fifteen times, passing the fourteen week mark that Whitney Houston hit with Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" in 1993.

Sales

United States: 1,375,000[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Time of My Life". Billboard.
  2. 1 2 "RIAA Search".
  3. ↑ Gundersen, Edna (2008-05-21). "'Time' is now for American Idol Songwriter winner". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  4. ↑ "'Idol' Winner's First Single Now on iTunes". United Press International.
  5. ↑ http://www.davidcookofficial.com/news/the-numbers-are
  6. ↑ The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 100 SINGLES CHART
  7. ↑ "Idol Billboard Update: 9/13/08". mjsbigblog. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  8. ↑ "'Time' is On His Side". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  9. ↑ "Long 'Time'". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  10. ↑ How the American Idol coronation singles stack up, part 1 usatoday.com. Jun 04, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Home is Where the Cash is". Billboard. June 8, 2012.
  12. ↑ Pietroluongo, Silvio (2008-05-28). "David Cook Sizzles With Record Chart Debuts". Billboard magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  13. ↑ Adult Contemporary chart position from billboard.com
  14. ↑
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ "Billboard Best of The Decade".
  17. ↑ Idol Chatter 01-19-2011

External links

Preceded by
This Is My Now		 American Idol winner's singles
2008 		Succeeded by
No Boundaries
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