I'm Alive (The Hollies song)
1965 single by the Hollies
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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!.
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| "I'm Alive" | ||||
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| Single by the Hollies | ||||
| B-side | "You Know He Did" | |||
| Released | 21 May 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 5 May 1965[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI, London[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
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| Songwriter | Clint Ballard, Jr.[2] | |||
| Producer | Ron Richards[2] | |||
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Cash Box described it as "a low-key, rhythmic romancer about a lad who's on cloud [nine] since he met the girl of his dreams."[6]
Charts
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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| Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[7] | 37 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] | 10 |
| New Zealand (Laver Hit Parade)[10] | 3 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[11] | 6 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[12] | 3 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts)[13] | 1 |
| West Germany (GfK)[14] | 16 |
