Fact #193402

Carl D'Errico (co-writer, It's My Life) : It's My Life came about when Mickie Most, the producer of The Animals, said he was looking for songs for the group. The writers got busy writing and then handed in their acetates and there was a tall stack of them waiting for Mickie when he came in from London. Three of the songs in that stack were We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Don't Bring Me Down' and It's My Life. Actually, the melody for It's My Life was the second one that I wrote for it. When I played the first one for Emil, he said that it didn't have enough punch and it was the wrong groove, so I rewrote it. After the rewrite everyone knew it was a hit. Some of the writers would play their songs for one another to get feedback - we used these small rooms with pianos in them, so people would hop around and check out what was happening next door.
(Source : Spectropop.)