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"Alive and Kicking" is a song released by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds as the lead single from their seventh album, Once Upon a Time. The song reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada; it peaked within the top five of several European countries including Italy, where the song reached number one.
The album omits the earliest period of Simple Minds' recording career, which yielded three albums released on Arista (only reissues are on Virgin). At the time of its release, the album was promoted by the double A-side single "Love Song/Alive and Kicking", where "Love Song" appeared in a remixed form.
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Once Upon a Time is the seventh studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released on 21 October 1985 by record label Virgin (A&M in the US), Once Upon a Time topped the UK charts, and peaked at No. 10 on the US charts, spending five consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard and 16 weeks in the Top 20.
The song became Simple Minds' breakout hit, [10] as well as its biggest American hit. [10] [19] Cashbox said that "though the lyric theme is a simple enough declaration, the lead vocals and vivid orchestration make the tune complex and moving". [23] The song was included on the band's greatest hits compilation album, Glittering Prize 81/92 ...
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Written by Burchill & Kerr, except "Alive and Kicking" and "East at Easter" written by Simple Minds; Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn; Edited by Moraes, Mendelsohn and Lipson "Alive and Kicking" and "East at Easter" recorded Live at L'Arena, Verona 14/15 September 1989 by the Fleetwood Mobile; Published by Virgin Music Publishers Ltd. except "Alive ...
The discography of the Scottish art rock–new wave band Simple Minds consists of 21 studio albums (either original or covers and counting 1981's Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call as a double album release), eleven live albums, ten compilation albums, fourteen box sets, 68 singles, and five video albums.