"In My Life" is rock song by Australian band Divinyls

Divinyls

Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying...

. It was released in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

 from their second studio album What a Life!

What a Life! (album)

What a Life! is the second studio album by Australian band Divinyls, released in July 1985 by Chrysalis Records. The album is a genre of rock and new wave songs — written by Divinyls members Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee.-History:...

and charted within the top fifty on the Australian singles chart, peaking at number forty-seven.

Song information

"In My Life" was written by Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee and was produced by Gary Langan

Gary Langan

Gary Langan is an audio engineer and record producer.-Biography:In 1983, Langan co-founded the ZTT Records label with Trevor Horn, Paul Morley and Jill Sinclair...

, who had been brought in to work on the album What a Life! at Amphlett and McEntee's persuasion. Langan created an edgier rock sound for Divinyls with several tracks, in particular "In My Life".

"In My Life" proved to be a minor success in Australia, where it peaked at number forty-seven on the Kent Music Report

Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

 top fifty singles chart. Nevertheless, Divinyls next single "Pleasure and Pain

Pleasure and Pain (song)

"Pleasure and Pain" is a rock song written by Michael Chapman and Holly Knight, produced by Chapman for Divinyls second studio album What a Life! . It was released as the album's fourth single in the formats of 7" single and 12" single...

" became a big hit.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australian KMR Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998... Singles Chart	47