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"I'm Alive"
"I'm Alive"
Single by the Hollies
B-side	"You Know He Did"
Released	21 May 1965
Recorded	5 May 1965
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:21
Label	Parlophone (UK); Imperial (US);
Songwriter(s)	Clint Ballard, Jr.
Producer(s)	Ron Richards
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"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

^ ^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)
^ ^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.
^ "Hollies information page". Hollies.co.uk. 1965-09-01. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
^ [1] Archived January 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1965". Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 132. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hollies, The – I'm Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I'm Alive". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^ "The Hollies – I'm Alive" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "The Hollies – I'm Alive". VG-lista.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 328.
^ "hotdiscomix :: Dance Music Report :: Hi-NRG Top 200 of the 80's". www.hotdiscomix.de. Retrieved 2015-10-13.

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[liner_notes-1] 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)

[500_Number_One_Hits-2] 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.

[cb-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.

[sc_West_Germany_Hollies,_The-8] "Offiziellecharts.de – Hollies, The – I'm Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.

[sc_Ireland2_-9] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I'm Alive". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

[sc_Dutch100_The_Hollies-10] "The Hollies – I'm Alive" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[sc_Norwegian_The_Hollies-11] "The Hollies – I'm Alive". VG-lista.

[12] "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[sc_UK_Hollies-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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+| label      = *[[Parlophone]] (UK)
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-| Writer         =[[Clint Ballard, Jr.]]
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+| producer   = Ron Richards<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
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+"'''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!''.
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+''[[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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+|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>
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+|align="center"|3
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+{{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==
+{{Reflist}}
 {{The Hollies}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:1965 singles]]
-[[Category:1960s pop songs]]
 [[Category:The Hollies songs]]
 [[Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles]]
-[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
+[[Category:UK singles chart number-one singles]]
-[[Category:Songs written by Clint Ballard, Jr.]]
+[[Category:Songs written by Clint Ballard Jr.]]
 [[Category:Parlophone singles]]
+[[Category:1965 songs]]
+[[Category:Imperial Records singles]]
+[[Category:1979 singles]]
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v t e The Hollies
Allan Clarke Graham Nash Tony Hicks Eric Haydock Don Rathbone Bobby Elliott Bernie Calvert Terry Sylvester Mikael Rickfors Peter Howarth Carl Wayne Ian Parker
Studio albums	Stay with the Hollies Here I Go Again In the Hollies Style Hollies Would You Believe? Bus Stop For Certain Because Evolution Butterfly Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse Hollies Sing Dylan Hollies Sing Hollies Confessions of the Mind Distant Light Romany Out on the Road Hollies Another Night Write On Russian Roulette A Crazy Steal Five Three One - Double Seven O Four What Goes Around...
Live albums	Hollies Live Hits
Extended plays	The Hollies Just One Look Here I Go Again I'm Alive
Compilations	The Hollies' Greatest Hits Hollies' Greatest The Hollies' Greatest Hits The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats
Box sets	Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968
Singles	"Searchin'" "Stay" "Just One Look" "Here I Go Again" "Yes I Will" "I'm Alive" "Look Through Any Window" "If I Needed Someone" "I Can't Let Go" "Bus Stop" "Stop Stop Stop" "On a Carousel" "Carrie Anne" "King Midas in Reverse" "Jennifer Eccles" "Listen to Me" "Sorry Suzanne" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" "The Air That I Breathe" "Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)" "Heartbeat" "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Other songs	"Tell Me to My Face"
Related	Discography Members