| I'm Alive | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Hollies |
| B-Side: | "You Know He Did" |
| Released: | 21 May 1965 |
| Recorded: | 5 May 1965[1] |
| Studio: | EMI, London |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 2:21 |
| Label: |
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| Producer: | Ron Richards[2] |
| Prev Title: | Yes I Will |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Look Through Any Window |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
"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] Although they originally passed the song over to another Manchester band, the Toggery Five, they changed their minds and recorded it, achieving 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] and it also appears on the US version of the 1965 Hollies album, Hear! Here!.
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]
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[7] | 37 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[8] | 3 |
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 328.