"I'm Alive" is a 1965 number-one UK hit single by

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, written for them by

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songwriter Clint Ballard Jr. However they originally passed the song over to another Manchester band,

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, before changing their minds and recording the song, which became their first No. 1 hit in the

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. It spent three weeks at number one in the UK and was also a No. 1 hit in Ireland. 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; it also appears on the US version of the 1965 ''

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'' album, ''Hear! Here!''. ''

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'' described it as "a low-key, rhythmic romancer about a lad whose on cloud since he met the girl of his dreams."

Charts

Cover Versions

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covered this song on their only album ''Little Girl'' in 1966. *The song was covered by Gamma in 1979 on their debut album, ''

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'', whose version peaked at #60 on the

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. *In 1983 the

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group American Fade also covered the song which is listed on HotDiscoMix's ''Hi-NRG Top 200 — Hits of the 80's''.

References

1965 singles The Hollies songs Irish Singles Chart number-one singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles Songs written by Clint Ballard Jr. Parlophone singles 1965 songs Imperial Records singles 1979 singles {{1960s-pop-song-stub