"The Club Is Alive" is a song by British boyband

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. It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2010 as the lead single from their second studio album, ''

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''. It was also included in the American EP version of their debut album.

Background

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and originally performed by Mary Martin in the stage musical of the same name, but was later popularised by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film. It was written by Andrew Frampton,

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and Steve Mac and produced by Mac. Inspired by the musical film ''

'', the song was originally intended for American rapper Flo Rida, but he declined.

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating that JLS had "managed to successfully step outside their comfort zone", giving the song four out of five stars.

Music video

The video for the single was shot in May 2010 during the band's visit to

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, California, while recording their second album. Directed by Frank Borin, it takes its inspiration from the popular US TV series ''

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''. The video shows the band turn up to a party in a nightclub in downtown L.A., where they also perform their song on a revolving stage.

Promotion

JLS performed the song on the fifth live semi-final of

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''. On 11 July 2010, JLS performed the song on '' Alan Carr: Chatty Man'' and also gave an interview. The song was also performed at the

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in Bangor, Wales and

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, as well as on

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, '' Magic Numbers'', T4 Stars of 2010 and '' The 5.19 Show''.

Chart performance

"The Club Is Alive" debuted on the Irish Singles Chart on 9 July 2010 at number four where it remained for two consecutive weeks, marking the band's third top five hit in the country. On 11 July 2010, the song debuted on the

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at number one. It became their third number one single, selling 84,283 copies in its first week. Despite the initial success of the song, it dropped six places to number seven the following week and then a further two places to number nine on 25 July 2010. On 1 August 2010, the song dropped a further seven places to number sixteen.

Track listing

# "The Club Is Alive" – 3:36 # "Only Tonight" (Remix featuring

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) – 3:42 ; Wideboys Remix # "The Club Is Alive" (Wideboys Stadium Mix - Radio Edit) – 3:19

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Club Is Alive JLS songs 2010 singles Number-one singles in Scotland UK Singles Chart number-one singles Songs written by Steve Mac Songs written by Savan Kotecha Songs with music by Richard Rodgers Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Song recordings produced by Steve Mac 2010 songs Songs written by Andrew Frampton (songwriter) Epic Records singles