I'm Alive (Electric Light Orchestra song)
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| from the album Xanadu | ||||
| B-side | "Drum Dreams" | |||
| Released | May 23, 1980 | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1980, Musicland Studios, Munich | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Jet | |||
| Writer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
| Producer | Jeff Lynne | |||
| Certification | RIAA: Gold | |||
| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Alive" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra, released as a single in May 1980. It is featured in a sequence near the beginning of the feature film Xanadu. The song also appears on the soundtrack album Xanadu.
In the film the song is heard as the Muses emerge from a graffiti-like portrait; Olivia Newton-John, playing Kira (Terpsichore), emerges last. The film's version of the song contains a fairly lengthy instrumental introduction, a small segment of which is used for the album version.
The song has been recently updated in the version of Xanadu on Broadway.
Included in the song's closing coda is Morse code which spells out "ELO."
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 27 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 7 | |
| Dutch GfK chart[1] | 38 | |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 9 | |
| German Media Control Singles Chart | 16 | |
| Irish Singles Chart[2] | 10 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[3] | 32 | |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[4] | 3 | |
| South African Singles Chart | 9 | |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 20 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 16 | RIAA: Gold |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles | 14 | |
| U.S. Record World Singles | 14 |
[edit] References
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive (Dutch)". http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=I%27m+Alive&cat=s. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive". http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=I%27m+Alive&cat=s. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive". http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=I%27m+Alive&cat=s. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=8830. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Electric Light Orchestra > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4177. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
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