Life Is a Flower

"Life Is a Flower" is a song by the Swedish group Ace of Base, released in Europe on 6 April 1998 by Mega Records as the first single from the group's third album, Flowers (1998). The song peaked at number one in Hungary and was a top-10 hit in Denmark, Finland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released with different lyrics, titled "Whenever You're Near Me", and in a different key. Jonas Berggren, writer of the song, described it as is his greatest Ace of Base song in a 2015 interview.