I'm Alive (The Hollies song)

"I'm Alive" is a 1965 number-one UK hit single by The Hollies.^[3] It was written for them by the US songwriter Clint Ballard, Jr.,^[2] who also had chart-topping hits with Linda Ronstadt, Wayne Fontana and Jimmy Jones. 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] This song appears on the US version of the 1965 Hollies album, Hear! Here!.

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 - Hit's of the 80's^[5]

Charts

Chart (1965)	Peak position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[7]	10
Norway (VG-lista)^[8]	6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[9]	1

References

↑ The 30th Anniversary Collection (CD). The Hollies. EMI Records. 1993. D 202205.
1 2 3 4 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. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
↑ Archived January 18, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "hotdiscomix :: Dance Music Report :: Hi-NRG Top 200 of the 80's". www.hotdiscomix.de. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
↑ "Musicline.de – Hollies, The Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Hollies – I'm Alive" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Hollies – I'm Alive". VG-lista.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1965-06-26" UK Singles Chart.

Preceded by "Crying in the Chapel" by Elvis Presley	UK number-one single 24 June 1965 8 July 1965	Succeeded by "Crying in the Chapel" by Elvis Presley "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds

The Hollies

The Hollies album discography

Studio albums	Stay with The Hollies In The Hollies Style Hollies Would You Believe? For Certain Because Evolution Butterfly Hollies Sing Dylan Hollies Sing Hollies Confessions of the Mind Distant Light Romany Hollies Another Night Write On Russian Roulette A Crazy Steal Five Three One - Double Seven O Four Buddy Holly What Goes Around Staying Power Then Now Always

US albums	Here I Go Again Hear! Here! Beat Group! Bus Stop Stop! Stop! Stop! Evolution Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse Words and Music By Bob Dylan He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Moving Finger Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott

Extended plays	The Hollies Just One Look Here I Go Again We're Through In the Hollies Style I'm Alive I Can't Let Go

Live albums	Hollies Live

Compilations	The Hollies' Greatest Hits (US) Hollies' Greatest (UK) Hollies' Greatest Hits (GER) Hollies' Greatest Volume 2 (UK) The Hollies' Greatest Hits (US) The Very Best of the Hollies (US) The History of the Hollies (UK) 20 Golden Greats (UK) The Best of the Hollies E.P.'s (UK) The Other Side of the Hollies (UK) Hollies' Greatest (US version) (US) All the Hits and More – The Definitive Collection (UK) Rarities (UK) The Air That I Breathe – The Very Best of the Hollies (UK) 30th Anniversary Collection The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963 to 1966 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966 to 1970 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1973 to 1989 Greatest Hits (UK) A's B's & EP's On a Carousel 1963-1974: The Ultimate Hollies Midas Touch: The Very Best of The Hollies

Box Sets	The Long Road Home - The 40th Anniversary Collection At Abbey Road 1963-1989 Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968

The Hollies singles discography

UK and US (All Labels)	1963 "Stay" / "Now's the Time" 1964 "Just One Look" / "Keep Off That Friend of Mine" "Here I Go Again" / "Baby That's All" (UK) - "Lucille" (US) "We're Through" / "Come On Back" 1965 "Yes I Will" / "Nobody" "I'm Alive" / "You Know He Did" "Look Through Any Window" / "So Lonely" 1966 "I Can't Let Go" / "Running Through the Night (UK) - "I've Got a Way of my Own" (US) "Bus Stop" / "Don't Run and Hide" "After the Fox (with Peter Sellers)" / "The Fox Trot (Gold, Gold, Who's Got the Gold)" (Burt Bacharach) "Stop Stop Stop" / "It's You" 1967 "On a Carousel" / "All the World Is Love" "Carrie Anne" / "Signs That Will Never Change" "King Midas In Reverse" / "Everything Is Sunshine" (UK) - "Water on the Brain" (US) 1968 "Jennifer Eccles" / "Open Up Your Eyes" (UK) - "Try It" (US) "Listen to Me" / "Do the Best You Can" (UK) - "Everything is Sunshine" (US) 1969 "Sorry Suzanne" / "Not That Way At All" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" / "Cos You Like to Love Me" 1970 "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" / "Mad Professor Blyth" "Gasoline Alley Bred" / "Dandelion Wine" 1971 "Hey Willy" / "Row the Boat Together" 1972 "The Baby" / "Oh Granny" "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" / "Cable Car" (UK) - "Look What We've Got" (US) "Magic Woman Touch" / "Indian Girl" (UK) - "Blue in the Morning" (US) 1973 "The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee" / "Born a Man" 1974 "The Air That I Breathe" / "No More Riders" "I'm Down" / "Hello Lady Goodbye" (UK) - "Look Out Johnny (There's a Monkey on Your Back)" (US-1975) "Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)" / "Second Hand Hang-Ups" 1983 "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "Musical Pictures"

UK only (Parlophone) (Polydor) (EMI)	1963 "(Ain't That) Just Like Me" / "Hey What's Wrong With Me" "Searchin'" / "Whole World Over" 1965 "If I Needed Someone" / "I've Got a Way of My Own" 1974 "Son of a Rotten Gambler" / "Layin' to the Music" 1976 "Boulder to Birmingham" / "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)" "Star" / "Love is the Thing" "Daddy Don't Mind" / "C'Mon" "Wiggle That Whotsit" / "Corrine" 1977 "Hello to Romance" / "48 Hour Parole" "Amnesty" / "Crossfire" 1979 "Something to Live For" / "Song of the Sun" 1980 "Soldier's Song" / "Draggin' My Heels" "Heartbeat" / "Take Your Time (new version)" 1981 "Holliedaze (A Medley)" / "Holliepops (A Medley)" "Take My Love and Run" / "Driver" 1985 "Too Many Hearts Get Broken" / "You're All Woman" 1987 "This Is It" / "You Gave Me Strength" "Reunion of the Heart" / "Too Many Hearts Get Broken" 1989 "Find Me a Family" / "No Rules" 1993 "The Woman I Love" / "Purple Rain (Live Version)" 2005 "Hope" / "Shine On Me"

US only (Imperial) (Epic) (Atlantic)	1967 "Pay You Back With Interest" / "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" "Just One Look" / "Running Through the Night" "Dear Eloise" / "When Your Light's Turned On" "If I Needed Someone" / "Yes I Will" 1968 "Do the Best You Can" / "Elevated Observations" 1971 "Survival of the Fittest" / "Man Without a Heart" 1972 "Long Dark Road" / "Indian Girl" 1973 "Jesus Was a Crossmaker" / "I Had a Dream" "Slow Down" / "Won't We Feel Good" 1974 "Don't Let Me Down" / "Layin' to the Music" 1975 "Another Night" / "Time Machine Jive" 1976 "Write On" / "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)" 1977 "Draggin' My Heels" / "I Won't Move Over" 1978 "Writing on the Wall" / "Burn Out" 1983 "If the Lights Go Out" / "Someone Else's Eyes" "Casualty" / "Someone Else's Eyes"

Italy only (Parlophon)	1967 "Non Prego Per Me" / "Devi Avere Fiducia in Me" "Kill Me Quick" / "We're Alive"

See also: Discography; Band members

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