Alive and Kicking (song)
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| Single by Simple Minds | ||||||||
| from the album Once Upon a Time | ||||||||
| Released | 20 September 1985 (US) 30 September 1985 (UK) |
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| Format | 12", 7" | |||||||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop rock, New Wave | |||||||
| Length | 4:47 (single version) 4:33 (radio version) 5:26 (album version) |
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| Label | Virgin | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Simple Minds | |||||||
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"Alive and Kicking" is a song by the rock band Simple Minds, released as first single from the band's 1985 album, Once Upon a Time.
Following on from the success of previous non-album single, "Don't You (Forget About Me)", "Alive and Kicking" was released as a single, reaching #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] (Four weeks at Top Five Billboard) and #7 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
The music video for "Alive and Kicking" was directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński, who directed the video for "All the Things She Said", the third single from the same album.
It was re-released in 1992 as a double A-side with "Love Song" to promote the band's Glittering Prize 81/92 collection. Around the same time, it was used on trailers for BSkyB's recently acquired coverage of FA Premier League[3] matches. The double A-side reached #6 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Spin magazine's review of the album Once Upon a Time had mixed messages about the song saying that the song was an "ornate epic", but that the lyrics are so vague that the band "only describes nirvana without attaining it".[4]
Football League Two side Aldershot Town play this song at the start of their home games.[citation needed]
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7" Single
- "Alive and Kicking" (Single Version) (4:47)
- "Alive and Kicking" (Instrumental Version) (6:01)
[edit] 12" Single
- "Alive and Kicking" (5:26)
- "Alive and Kicking" (Instrumental Version) (6:01)
[edit] Second 12" Single
- Ltd Edition Reflective Gold Sleeve
- "Alive and Kicking" (5:26)
- "Alive and Kicking" (Instrumental Version) (6:01)
- "Up On the Catwalk" (Live) (5:37)
[edit] Personnel
- Produced By Jimmy Iovine & Bob Clearmountain
- Engineered By Moira Marquis & Mark McKenna
- Engineering assisted By Martin White
- Words & Music By Simple Minds (Kerr, Burchill, MacNeil)
- "Up On the Catwalk" Recorded live at Barrowlands, Glasgow, 5 January 1985
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Other versions
The version by East Side Beat reached #26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Simple Minds". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5677&model.vnuAlbumId=726601. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ a b "Chart Stats - Simple Minds". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=749. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ Plunkett, John (2009-02-05). "A look back at the best Sky ads from the past 20 years". guardian.co.uk (Guardian News and Media). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/04/rupertmurdoch-bskyb. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ Charles Burchill; John Giblin (January 1986). Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time. Spin. http://books.google.com/books?id=O8JuDPDsl1gC&pg=PA28&dq=alive+and+kicking+simple+minds&hl=en&ei=Cjo9TN2bO4qcsQOYrpXaCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=alive%20and%20kicking%20simple%20minds&f=false. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (17th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. 2004. p. 630. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
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