So Alive (Love and Rockets song)

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"So Alive"
So Alive single.jpg
Single by Love and Rockets
from the album Love and Rockets
B-side
  • "Dreamtime"
  • "Bike"
Released1989
Genre
Length4:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Love and Rockets
  • John Fryer
Love and Rockets singles chronology
"Motorcycle"
(1989) 		"So Alive"
(1989) 		"Rock & Roll Babylon"
(1989)
Music video
"So Alive" on YouTube

"So Alive" is a song by British alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 as the second single from their self-titled fourth album. The song reached No. 1 in Canada and charted within the top 30 in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. In the US, it topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for five weeks and was ranked No. 1 on that listing's year-end chart for 1989. The song's music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh and produced by Pamela James.[3]

Critical reception[]

Billboard magazine described "So Alive" as "delectable" as well as the "best T. Rex tune that Marc Bolan never wrote."[4] Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote that the song was the only track on the album capable of receiving airplay and also noted the T. Rex similarities.[5]

Chart performance[]

The single was Love and Rockets' biggest hit in the United States, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100[6] and No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it stayed for five weeks,[7] as well as achieving a peak of No. 9 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.[8] It was the most successful modern rock song of 1989 in the United States, ranking in at No. 1 on the chart's year-end edition.[9] The song peaked at No. 1 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart for two weeks, finishing 1989 as Canada's sixth-best-performing single.[10][11] "So Alive" also reached No. 79 on the UK Singles Chart,[12] No. 24 on the Australian Singles Chart,[13] and No. 16 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[14]

Track listings[]

Charts[]

See also[]

  • List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s

References[]

  1. ^ Peacock, Tim (7 June 2019). "'The Best Songs We Never Wrote': Track by Track with EODM's Jesse Hughes". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ Graff, Gary, ed. (1996). "Love and Rockets". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9780787610371.
  3. ^ "New Videoclips" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101 no. 19. 13 May 1989. p. 54. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101 no. 18. 6 May 1989. p. 83. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ Raggett, Ned. "AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Love and Rockets Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Love and Rockets Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Love and Rockets Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c "1989: The Year In Music (Year-End Charts)". Billboard. Vol. 101 no. 51. 23 December 1989. p. Y-58.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6425." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Top 100 Singles of '89". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "Australian-charts.com – Love and Rockets – So Alive". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Charts.nz – Love and Rockets – So Alive". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  15. ^ So Alive (UK 7-inch single vinyl disc). Love and Rockets. Beggars Banquet Records. 1989. BEG 229.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ So Alive (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Love and Rockets. RCA Records. 1989. 8956-7-R.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ So Alive (Canadian 7-inch single vinyl disc). Love and Rockets. Vertigo Records, Beggars Banquet Records. 1989. 874 542-7.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ So Alive (European 7-inch single vinyl disc). Love and Rockets. RCA Records, Beggars Banquet Records. 1989. PB49399.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ So Alive (Australasian 7-inch single vinyl disc). Love and Rockets. RCA Victor. 1989. XB 01466.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ^ So Alive (UK CD single disc notes). Love and Rockets. Beggars Banquet Records. 1989. BEG 229 CD.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ "Love and Rockets Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1989". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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