"C'est la Vie" was also extremely successful in the United States, being released as a separate EP with a number of bonus tracks and remixes.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the song was a huge success for the band after it reached number one on the charts in various countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
The accompanying music video for the song features the four girls dancing around a lush green field full of bright flowers with a puppy as they playfully tease a teenage boy.
[4] "C'est la Vie" has been featured in numerous films and television shows since its release in 1998, including Smart House (1999), Daria (1999), What Women Want (2000), and Life-Size (2000).
With this, B*Witched became the first act ever to have their first four singles all debut at number one in the UK (a record since equalled and bettered by fellow Irish band Westlife)[9] and today remain the only girl group to do so.
AllMusic's Michael Gallucci said the group were "like a junior Spice Girls" with their "bouncy beats, singalong tunes and chipper attitude".
"[11] In a positive review, David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ rating: "With songs that weave in the occasional fiddle or tin whistle, B*witched sound like the Spice Girls' younger sisters aboard the Titanic.
"[13] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone said: "B*Witched is a cheerfully catchy summary of the state of the slumber party – the sound of nice girls acting tough, all in the name of pop."
), this bid to whiten the Spice Girls is so clean you'll be hard-pressed to remember it's there—unless, like me, you get sick to your stomach at Uilleann hooks, mid-Atlantic brogues, and Enya lite...