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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!.

"I'm Alive"
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
"Yes I Will" (1965) "I'm Alive" (1965) "Look Through Any Window" (1965)

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 (Official German Charts)[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

• 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, 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

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