"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.
[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!
Cash Box described it as "a low-key, rhythmic romancer about a lad who's on cloud [nine] since he met the girl of his dreams.