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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name =I'm Alive
| name = I'm Alive
| Cover =
| cover =
| Cover size =
| alt =
| Caption =
| type = single
| Artist =[[The Hollies]]
| artist = [[the Hollies]]
| from Album =
| album =
| A-side =
| B-side = "You Know He Did"
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| released = 21 May 1965
| B-side ="You Know He Did" ([[L. Ransford]])
| recorded = 5 May 1965<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=The 30th Anniversary Collection |others=The Hollies |year=1993 |type=CD |publisher=EMI Records |id=D 202205}}</ref>
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| Released =May 1965
| studio = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]], London<ref name="liner notes" />
| Format =[[7" single]]
| Recorded =
| venue =
| Genre =
| genre = [[Pop rock]]
| Length =
| length = 2:21
| Label =[[Parlophone]] R5287
| label = *[[Parlophone]] (UK)
*[[Imperial Records|Imperial]] (US)
| Writer =[[Clint Ballard Jr]]
| writer = [[Clint Ballard, Jr.]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/>
| Producer =
| producer = Ron Richards<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
| Certification =
| first= Jo
| Chart position =*UK: #1
| last= Rice
* USA: #5
| year= 1982
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| Last single = "[[Yes I Will]]"<br>(1965)
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| This single = "I'm Alive"<br>(1965)
| edition= 1st
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| Next single = "[[Look Through Any Window]]"<br>(1965)
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| Misc =
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 93
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref>
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| prev_title = [[Yes I Will]]
| prev_year = 1965
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| next_title = [[Look Through Any Window]]
| next_year = 1965
}}
}}
'''I'm Alive''' is a #1 hit single by [[The Hollies]]<ref>http://www.hollies.co.uk/information.php?idx=140 Single release information</ref>.


"'''I'm Alive'''" is a 1965 number-one UK hit single by [[the Hollies]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollies.co.uk/information.php?idx=140 |title=Hollies information page |publisher=Hollies.co.uk |date=1965-09-01 |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525163325/http://www.hollies.co.uk/information.php?idx=140 |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> written for them by [[United States|American]] songwriter [[Clint Ballard Jr.]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/> Although they originally passed the song over to another Manchester band, [[the Toggery Five]], they changed their minds and recorded it, achieving their first No. 1 hit in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It spent three weeks at number one in the UK and was also a No. 1 hit in Ireland.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clint-ballard-jnr-songwriter-best-known-for-the-game-of-love-and-youre-no-good-1366589.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118005325/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clint-ballard-jnr-songwriter-best-known-for-the-game-of-love-and-youre-no-good-1366589.html |date=January 18, 2009 }}</ref> The song was released as a single in the US, entering the Cash Box singles chart on July 17, 1965, and peaking at No. 84 week of August 14, 1965,<ref>{{Cite web |title = Cash Box Top Singles - 1965 |url = http://98.130.35.56/archives/60s_files/1965.html |access-date = 2016-12-26|archive-date = 2017-05-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170510074114/http://98.130.35.56/archives/60s_files/1965.html |url-status = dead}}</ref> and it also appears on the US version of the 1965 ''[[Hollies (1965 album)|Hollies]]'' album, ''Hear! Here!''.


''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as "a low-key, rhythmic romancer about a lad whose on cloud since he met the girl of his dreams."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=July 3, 1965 |page=14 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-07-03.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>
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{{succession box
| before = "[[Crying in the Chapel]]"<br>by [[Elvis Presley]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|UK number one single]]<br>(The Hollies version)
| years = [[24 June]] [[1965]]</br> (for one week)
| after = "Crying in the Chapel"<br>by Elvis Presley
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}}
{{succession box
| before = "Crying in the Chapel"<br>by Elvis Presley
| title = [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|UK number one single]] (top again)
| years = [[8 July]] [[1965]]</br> (for two weeks)
| after = "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]" by [[The Byrds]]
}}
{{end box}}


==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1965)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
|Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|''Soumen Virallinen'']])<ref>{{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=132|language=fi}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|37
|-
{{singlechart |West Germany|16|song=I'm Alive|artist=Hollies, The|songid=15611}}
|-
|{{singlechart|Ireland2|1|song=I'm Alive|access-date=December 21, 2018}}
|-
{{singlechart |Dutch100|10|song=I'm Alive|artist=The Hollies}}
|-
{{singlechart |Norwegian|6|song=I'm Alive|artist=The Hollies}}
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(H).html|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
{{singlechart |UK|1|song=I'm Alive|artist=Hollies|date=1965-06-26}}
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|}

==Cover Versions==
*The song was covered by Gamma in 1979 on their debut album, ''[[Gamma 1]]'', whose version peaked at #60 on the [[Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=328}}</ref>
*In 1983 the [[Hi-NRG]] group American Fade also covered the song which is listed on HotDiscoMix's ''Hi-NRG Top 200 — Hits of the 80's''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = hotdiscomix :: Dance Music Report :: Hi-NRG Top 200 of the 80's|url = http://www.hotdiscomix.de/charts/hinrg_top200.htm|website = www.hotdiscomix.de|access-date = 2015-10-13}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 00:50, 13 September 2024

"I'm Alive"
Single by the Hollies
B-side"You Know He Did"
Released21 May 1965
Recorded5 May 1965[1]
StudioEMI, London[1]
GenrePop rock
Length2:21
Label
Songwriter(s)Clint Ballard, Jr.[2]
Producer(s)Ron Richards[2]
The Hollies singles chronology
"Yes I Will"
(1965) 		"I'm Alive"
(1965) 		"Look Through Any Window"
(1965)

"I'm Alive" is a 1965 number-one UK hit single by the Hollies,[3] written for them by American songwriter Clint Ballard Jr.[2] Although they originally passed the song over to another Manchester band, the Toggery Five, they changed their minds and recorded it, achieving their first No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart. It spent three weeks at number one in the UK and was also a No. 1 hit in Ireland.[4] The song was released as a single in the US, entering the Cash Box singles chart on July 17, 1965, and peaking at No. 84 week of August 14, 1965,[5] and it also appears on the US version of the 1965 Hollies album, Hear! Here!.

Cash Box described it as "a low-key, rhythmic romancer about a lad whose on cloud since he met the girl of his dreams."[6]

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak
position
Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[7] 37
West Germany (GfK)[8] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 6
South Africa (Springbok)[12] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 1

Cover Versions

  • The song was covered by Gamma in 1979 on their debut album, Gamma 1, whose version peaked at #60 on the Hot 100.[14]
  • In 1983 the Hi-NRG group American Fade also covered the song which is listed on HotDiscoMix's Hi-NRG Top 200 — Hits of the 80's.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b The 30th Anniversary Collection (CD). The Hollies. EMI Records. 1993. D 202205.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ^ "Hollies information page". Hollies.co.uk. 1965-09-01. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. ^ [1] Archived January 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1965". Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  6. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  7. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 132. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hollies, The – I'm Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I'm Alive". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "The Hollies – I'm Alive" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ^ "The Hollies – I'm Alive". VG-lista.
  12. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 328.
  15. ^ "hotdiscomix :: Dance Music Report :: Hi-NRG Top 200 of the 80's". www.hotdiscomix.de. Retrieved 2015-10-13.



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