"Alive & Kicking" | ||||
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Single by Simple Minds | ||||
from the album Once Upon a Time | ||||
B-side | "Up on the Catwalk (Live Version)" | |||
Released | 30 September 1985[1] | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, new wave | |||
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Label | A&M, Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mick MacNeil | |||
Producer(s) | Bob Clearmountain, Jimmy Iovine | |||
Simple Minds singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Alive and Kicking" on YouTube |
"Alive and Kicking" is a 1985 song by Scottish band Simple Minds. It is the leading single from their seventh studio album Once Upon a Time. It went to number 3 in the United States, number 7 in the United Kingdom, number 4 in Canada, number 1 in Italy, number 2 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland, number 5 in Norway and New Zealand and number 21 in Australia.