Alive And Kicking

Released in September of 1985, "Alive and Kicking" was the first single from Simple Minds' seventh studio album, Once Upon a Time. It reached #7 on the UK Official Charts and #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Billboard Magazine ranked it as the 17th biggest single of 1986 in the U.S. The song and music video feature Robin Clark, who had previously worked with David Bowie and Luther Vandross. Zbigniew Rybczyński directed the music video. He also directed the video for "All the Things She Said," the third single from the same album. It was re-released in 1992 as a double A-side with "Love Song" to promote the band's Glittering Prize 81/92 collection. Around the same time, it was used on trailers for BSkyB's recently acquired coverage of FA Premier League matches. The double A-side reached #6 on the UK Singles Chart. Spin magazine's review of the album Once Upon a Time had mixed messages about the song saying that the song was an "ornate epic", but that the lyrics are so vague that the band "only describes nirvana without attaining it".

You turn me on, you lift me up And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you Now it's all or nothing Cause you say you'll follow through You follow me, and I, I, I follow you What you gonna do when things go wrong? What you gonna do when it all cracks up? What you gonna do when the Love burns down? What you gonna do when the flames go up? Who is gonna come and turn the tide? What's it gonna take to make a dream survive? Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside? Who's gonna save you? Alive and Kicking Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come And the lights that shine on But if that don't mean nothing Like if someday it should fall through You'll take me home where the magic's from And I'll be with you What you gonna do when things go wrong? What you gonna do when it all cracks up? What you gonna do when the Love burns down? What you gonna do when the flames go up? Who is gonna come and turn the tide? What's it gonna take to make a dream survive? Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside? Don't say goodbye Don't say goodbye In the final seconds who's gonna save you? Oh, Alive and Kicking Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking Oh, Alive and Kicking Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking