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The radio-friendly single " Life Is a Flower " was certified the most-played track on European radio for 1998 and sold more than 250, 000 copies in the UK, peaking at number 5 ; the colorful video of the same name was produced and directed by Andreas Neumann.
British label London Records had requested the band record the 1983 hit " Cruel Summer " by Bananarama and it was selected as the second European single.
Deciding that " Life Is a Flower " was " too European in nature ", Clive Davis pushed " Cruel Summer " as the lead-off single for the United States and it took Ace of Base back into the US Top 10 for the first time in four years, being certified gold.
Davis persuaded a reluctant Linn to record a Billy Steinberg ballad " Everytime It Rains " and " Life Is a Flower " was re-recorded as " Whenever You're Near Me " and was the second single, but it could only peak at number 76.
" Travel to Romantis " and " Always Have, Always Will " were further hits in Europe while " Everytime It Rains " was issued as a single in the UK along with a re-packaged edition of Flowers released only in the UK.
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