"Big City Life" is a single from Mattafix's debut album, Signs of a Struggle, released in 2005. The chorus is sung in Jamaican Creole. The single topped the charts in Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and New Zealand. The song also peaked at #2 on the European Singles Chart. Although the band is British, the song was much more successful internationally than in their home country. However, the song did peak at #15 in the United Kingdom.
On September 1, 2006 "Big City Life" was the winner of the 43rd Sopot International Song Festival in Poland. The song also appeared as an EA Trax song on the 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game).
| Chart (2005-2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 19 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 12 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 84 |
| European Singles Chart | 2 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 12 |
| French Singles Chart | 17 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Luxembourg Singles Chart | 13 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 17 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 15 |
| Ukrainian Singles Chart | 35 |
| United World Chart | 20 |