"Alive" is a
pop song performed by ''
Canadian Idol'' season three winner
Melissa O'Neil
Melissa Crystal O'Neil (born July 12, 1988) is a Canadian actress and singer. In 2005, O'Neil won the third season of '' Canadian Idol'', the first Canadian female to have won. As an actress, she is known for her roles as Two / Rebecca / Portia ...
. It was written for the final two contestants—O'Neil and
Rex Goudie
Rex Goudie (born November 18, 1985) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the runner-up of '' Canadian Idol 3''.
Early life
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—of the third season of ''Canadian Idol'', and both performed a different version of the song. When O'Neil won the competition,
Sony BMG released "Alive" as her debut
single in October 2005 (see
2005 in music
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). The single was produced by
Rob Wells
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Artists that Wells has worked with includes Ariana Grand ...
, who also shares the writing credits with J. Cates and L. Robbins. The single was recorded, engineered and mixed by Chris Anderson for Definitive Sound in Mississauga, Ontario. Executive produced by Jennifer Hyland
In "Alive", the narrator promises to live her life more fully. "Even if I crash down and burn out", she proclaims in the
refrain, "at least I'm gonna know what it's like / to feel alive".
The song debuted at number one on the
Canadian Singles Chart. It remained at the top for seven weeks and was eventually certified
platinum
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Pla ...
for sales of more than 40,000 copies. "Alive" reached the
BDS Airplay Chart top five.
No
music video
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was filmed for "Alive"; its success was solely off O'Neil's win on ''Canadian Idol''.
On the season 4 finale of ''Canadian Idol'', Melissa was presented with a 4-time multi-platinum record for "Alive" by
Craig Sharpe
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, the runner-up of that season.
The song was later covered by
Becki Ryan for the film ''
Flicka
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''.
2005 debut singles
2005 songs
Melissa O'Neil songs
Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles
Songs written by Rob Wells
Songs written by Jess Cates
Songs written by Lindy Robbins
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