. "4189" . "1965 singles" . . "1965-05-21"^^ . "true"^^ . "5714dee825ac0d8aee542305" . "1965-05-05" . . . "PT143.96081632S"^^ . . "Irish Singles Chart number-one singles" . . "-0.115742"^^ . . "-11.2"^^ . "-0.204681"^^ . "%22I'm Alive%22 is a 1965 number-one UK hit single by The Hollies. It was written for them by the US songwriter Clint Ballard, Jr., who also had chart-topping hits with Linda Ronstadt, Wayne Fontana and Jimmy Jones. However they originally passed the song over to another Manchester band, the Toggery Five, before changing their mind 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. This song appears on the US version of the 1965 Hollies album, Hear! Here!.The song was covered by Gamma in 1979 on their debut album, Gamma 1." . "Parlophone singles" . . "I'm Alive" . "3030756" . "Imperial Records" . "english" . . . . "Songs written by Clint Ballard, Jr." . "Parlophone" . "1979 singles" . "eng" . . "2009-02-27"^^ . . . "false"^^ . . "GBAYE6500038" . "0.74375"^^ . "90952cf2-0426-4707-b446-9f7769b96ec1" . "406456"^^ . . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . . . "Gramophone record" . . "I'm Alive" . "TRCFWDY128F4276196" . . . "Imperial Records singles" . "The Hollies songs" . "16"^^ . "145000.0"^^ . "1965 songs" . "Clint Ballard, Jr." . . . . . "2"^^ . "132.0"^^ . "Abbey Road Studios" . . "true"^^ .