Alive Again (Cher song)

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"Alive Again"
Nick Bracegirdle
  • Ray Hedges
  • Tracy Ackerman
    • Producer(s)
    Cher singles chronology
    "Song for the Lonely"
    (2002)     		"Alive Again"
    (2002)     		"A Different Kind of Love Song"
    (2002)
    Licensed audio
    "Alive Again" on
    YouTube

    "Alive Again" is a song performed by American singer-actress

    music critics
    , but its commercial response was limited and quite poor in some European countries. It managed to chart in Germany and Switzerland.

    Background

    "Alive Again" was written by Nick Bracegirdle, Ray Hedges and Tracy Ackerman, while it was produced by Bracegirdle and Hedges. The song was featured on Cher's album Living Proof. In 2002, "Alive Again" was used as the official German Olympic winter plays song in

    retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, used "Alive Again" in their Spring 2009 playlist. "Alive Again" featured on the international release of The Very Best of Cher. Sal Cinquemani called this song "trance anthem."[3]

    Release history

    "Alive Again" was released exclusively throughout Europe, but the song failed to pick up the attention that "The Music's No Good Without You" received. The single in part suffered from a lack of promotion. In early 2002 Cher had complications with her record company which affected the further promotion for the single, because of this the future plans to release "Song for the Lonely" and "A Different Kind of Love Song" as European singles were dropped. Although "The Music's No Good Without You" was previously released as a club single in the United States, "Alive Again" remains unreleased in North America.

    Chart performance

    The song entered the German singles chart where it became a top-forty hit. The song also entered both the Swiss and Romanian charts, but was unsuccessful charting at eighty and fifty-eight.

    Music video

    Cher in the music video for "Alive Again".

    In 2002, the video for "Alive Again" was shot and was later released in Europe only. The video features Cher in a blue room singing the song while appearing in many different colored wigs.

    The footage used for the video was originally intended to be used in an advertisement to promote Living Proof. Some additional scenes from the video shoot are featured on the Dan-O-Rama Screen Projection for Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour intro video and also during the 'Quote Attack' segment on the Tour DVD. When It was decided that "Alive Again" would be released in Germany a video was made using this footage. This is why Cher does not lip-sync the first verse and only sings while wearing the red wig.

    Unreleased footage has Cher lip-syncing to others songs on the album - During one shot in the video Cher is seen singing in a blonde, shaggy wig. This is actually to another album track.

    Charts

    Chart (2002) Peak
    position
    Czech Republic (
    IFPI)[4]
    		 7
    Germany (
    Official German Charts)[5]
    		 27
    Romania (
    Romanian Top 100)[6]
    		 58
    Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 80

    Release history

    Region Date Format
    Germany[8] March 4, 2002 CD single
    United Kingdom[9] June 11, 2002

    References

    1. ^ Alive Again Germany CD single liner notes. WEA (2002)
    2. ^ "ARD Olympia-Song". ARD. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
    3. ^ Slant Magazine review Retrieved October 15, 2013
    4. ^ "Oficiální Česká Hitparáda - Pro týden" (in Czech). IFPI ČR. Archived from the original on August 11, 2002. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
    5. GfK Entertainment
      . Retrieved November 1, 2015.
    6. ^ "Arhiva romanian top 100". SC Vento Consultanta. Archived from the original on May 14, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
    7. ^ "Cher – Alive Again". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
    8. ^ "Alive Again Single-Maxi". Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
    9. ^ "Alive Again Single-Maxi". Amazon. www.amazon.de. Retrieved 2010-02-06.

    External links

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