About this song
- “Alive” is the first single of Sia’s seventh studio album This Is Acting. “Alive” was co-written with Adele and Tobias Jesso Jr for Adele’s third album, 25. However, it was rejected by Adele from the project.. Sia to Slovenian site RTV: It’s about Adele’s life, so I now sing a song from Adele’s perspective. This is the first song from this new project. I’m calling it "This Is Acting" because they are songs I was writing for other people, so I didn’t go into it thinking, ‘this is something I would say’. It’s more like play-acting. It’s fun. We wrote three songs in two days, and none of them made the cut, and “Alive” was one of them. I said to [Adele], “Do you mind if I pitch it to, let’s say, Rihanna?” She said, “Yeah but can you take my vocal off of it? Because I don’t want my vocal floating around there on a demo.” And I was like, ‘Sure’. So I went and recut the vocal and everybody in my life was like, ‘You can’t give this away to anybody.' . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Alive" is the lead single from Australian singer and songwriter Sia's seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). It was co-written by Sia, Adele, and Tobias Jesso Jr. The song was produced by Jesse Shatkin. — wikipedia
Chart history
Peak position and weeks on chart across Australian community countdowns.
| Chart | Peak | Most recent | Weeks on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triple J Hottest 100 | #97 | 2015-01-26 (#97) | 1 |
