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| B-side = "You Know He Did" ([[L. Ransford]]) |
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| released = UK: 21 May 1965<br>US: June 1965 |
| released = UK: 21 May 1965<br>US: June 1965 |
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| format = [[7" single]] |
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| recorded = 5 May 1965<br>[[Abbey Road Studios]]<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> |
| recorded = 5 May 1965<br>[[Abbey Road Studios]]<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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| "I'm Alive" | ||||
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| Single by The Hollies | ||||
| B-side | "You Know He Did" (L. Ransford) | |||
| Released | UK: 21 May 1965 US: June 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 5 May 1965 Abbey Road Studios[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | UK: Parlophone R5287[2] US: Imperial 66119 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Clint Ballard, Jr.[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Richards[2] | |||
| The Hollies singles chronology | ||||
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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] However they originally passed the song over to another Manchester band, the Toggery Five, before changing their minds and recording the song, which became 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] it also appears on the US version of the 1965 Hollies album, Hear! Here!.
Charts
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| West Germany (GfK)[6] | 16 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[7] | 1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] | 10 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[9] | 6 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[10] | 3 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[11] | 1 |
Cover Versions
- Syndicate of Sound covered this song on their only album Little Girl in 1966.
- The song was covered by Gamma in 1979 on their debut album, Gamma 1.
- 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.[12]
References
- ^ 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 d 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". Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "hotdiscomix :: Dance Music Report :: Hi-NRG Top 200 of the 80's". www.hotdiscomix.de. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
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