Walk of Life (album)

Walk of Life
Studio album by Billie Piper
Released	12 July 2000 (2000-07-12)
Genre	Pop dance-pop
Length	41:04
Label	Innocent Virgin
Producer	Steve Jervier Later Inc. Jim Marr Rick Mitra Wendy Page Quiet Money Quiz & Larossi Ray Ruffin Guy Roche Steelworks Lawrence Johnson (vocal) Pete Craigie (addl.) StarGate (addl.)
Billie Piper chronology
Honey to the B (1998) Walk of Life (2000) The Best of Billie (2005)
Singles from Walk of Life
"Day & Night" Released: 15 May 2000[1] "Something Deep Inside" Released: 18 September 2000[2] "Walk of Life" Released: 11 December 2000[3]
Alternative cover
Japanese cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
MTV Asia	[4]
Yahoo!	[5]

Walk of Life is the second and final studio album by the English pop singer Billie Piper, released in July 2000. Piper's second album (her first released under her full name) produced three Top 30 singles in the UK – "Day & Night" (number 1), "Something Deep Inside" (number 4), and "Walk of Life" (number 25). The album itself reached number 14, the same position as her debut, but only reaching a Silver certification.

Background

The album was originally released in Japan in July 2000. Its release in other markets was delayed until October 2000. The releases differ in album art and track listing. The October 2000 release includes remixed versions of "Something Deep Inside" and "Walk of Life". The album was not released in the US.

A new mix of "Makin' My Way" (originally featured on the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack) was released on the Japanese version of the album. This and "First Love" were both replaced on international releases with "Bring It On" and "What Game Is This?". "First Love" was later used as the B-side to some releases of "Something Deep Inside".

"The Tide Is High", a cover of a song performed by The Paragons later covered by Blondie, was to be the fourth single from the album. Piper states in her book Growing Pains that she told Virgin Records not to bother releasing "The Tide Is High" as a single because she was worn out after appearing in court against a woman named Juliet Peters who had given Piper, her friends, and her family numerous death threats. A single mix and remixes were commissioned but never released.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

International edition^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Day & Night"	Mark Cawley Eliot Kennedy Tim Lever Mike Percy Billie Piper	Steelworks StarGate^[a]	3:15
2.	"Something Deep Inside" (radio mix)	Kennedy Piper Tim Woodcock	Steelworks Quiet Money^[a]	3:21
3.	"Walk of Life"	Wendy Page Piper	Jim Marr^[b] Page^[b] Quiz & Larossi	3:49
4.	"Safe with Me"	Marr Page	Marr^[b] Page^[b] Quiz & Larossi	3:32
5.	"Bring It On"	Andreas Avellan Patrick Berger Kara DioGuardi	Quiet Money	3:29
6.	"Ring My Bell"	Lasse Anderson Peter Hallström Nicci Notini	Later Inc.	3:15
7.	"The Tide Is High"	Howard Barrett Tyrone Evans John Holt	Ray Ruffin	3:07
8.	"Run That by Me"	Lucas Marr Page	Marr Page Pete Craigie^[c]	4:01
9.	"Promises"	Rick Mitra Piper Pam Sheyne	Mitra	3:32
10.	"Because of You"	Kennedy Lever Percy Piper	Steelworks	3:37
11.	"What Game Is This?"	Marr Page	Steve Jervier Craigie^[c] Lawrence Johnson^[d]	3:33
12.	"Misfocusing"	Lucas Marr Page	Marr Page Craigie^[c]	4:03

Japanese edition^[7]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Day & Night"	Cawley Kennedy Lever Percy Piper	Steelworks StarGate^[a]	3:15
2.	"Something Deep Inside" (original version)	Kennedy Piper Woodcock	Steelworks	3:43
3.	"Walk of Life"	Page Piper	Marr Page	3:49
4.	"Makin' My Way"	Diane Warren	Guy Roche	4:25
5.	"Safe with Me"	Marr Page	Marr^[b] Page^[b] Quiz & Larossi	3:32
6.	"Ring My Bell"	Anderson Hallström Notini	Later Inc.	3:15
7.	"The Tide Is High"	Barrett Evans Holt	Ray Ruffin	3:07
8.	"Run That by Me"	Lucas Marr Page	Marr Page Craigie^[c]	4:01
9.	"Promises"	Mitra Piper Sheyne	Mitra	3:32
10.	"Because of You"	Kennedy Lever Percy Piper	Steelworks	3:37
11.	"First Love"	David Frank Steve Kipner Sheyne	Marr Page	3:39
12.	"Misfocusing"	Lucas Marr Page	Marr Page Craigie^[c]	4:03

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a remixer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies an original producer and remixer.
• ^{^[c]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[d} signifies a vocal producer.

Personnel

• Billie Piper – vocals
• Eliot Kennedy – producer
• Tim Lever – producer, writer, musician
• Jim Marr – producer, mixing, programming, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar
• Wendy Page – producer, mixing, backing vocals, vocal arrangement
• Alexander Guardian – backing vocals

Release history

Country	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	12 July 2000 (2000-07-12)	CD	EMI Japan	[8]
United Kingdom	2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)	Cassette CD minidisc	Innocent	[9]

Charts

Chart performance for Walk of Life

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	23
Irish Albums (IRMA)[11]	65
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12]	17
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	21
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	14

References

1. "New Releases – For Week Starting May 15, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 13 May 2000. p. 21.
2. "New Releases – For Week Starting September 18, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 16 September 2000. p. 31.
3. "New Releases – For Week Starting December 11, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 9 December 2000. p. 27.
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13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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