So Alive (Skepta and N-Dubz song)

"So Alive" is a song by British MC Skepta and British trio, N-Dubz. It was released as an official single on 6 February 2011. It is the fourth single released Skepta's third album Doin' It Again and N-Dubz's third album Love.Live.Life. The single peaked at #99 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

The song's radio edit lasts just under three minutes, while the album version has a longer intro and lasts nearly four minutes Skepta described the song to Digital Spy: "It's a fusion. N-Dubz are seen as a pop group and I'm more of an urban artist. Normally when those two collide the result is a big pop tune, but I wanted to do it the other way around and bring out N-Dubz's grime side. Fortunately fans of mine and N-Dubz both seem to love it!" He also explained the delay of the official single release: "I've been waiting for the right time to get it out. There was a bit of a rat race last year with so many grime artists coming out, but I feel like I've got a clear run at the moment and there's a buzz about it. Timing is everything."

So Alive

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So Alive (Love and Rockets song)

"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.

Chart success

The single was Love and Rockets' biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it stayed for five weeks. The single also reached number 79 on the UK Singles Chart, number 24 on the Australian ARIA singles chart, and number 16 in New Zealand.

Covers

The song was covered by hard rock band Black Light Burns on their album Cover Your Heart.

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See also

So Alive (Love and Rockets album)

So Alive is a live album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets. It was released on 13 May 2003. It comprises two of the band's live performances: one on 5 December 1987 and the other on 23 March 1996.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Love and Rockets, except where noted. 

Personnel

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Skepta

Joseph Junior Adenuga (born 19 September 1982), better known by his stage name Skepta, is an English rapper, grime artist, songwriter and record producer of Nigerian descent. He is also the brother of fellow musician JME. Similarly to his brother he is most commonly known for releasing grime music. He released his debut studio album Greatest Hits in late 2007 and his second, Microphone Champion in 2009, both independently, while his third studio album Doin' It Again was released in 2011 by 3 Beat Records. His fourth studio album, Konnichiwa, is expected to be released in 2016.

Career

Early career

Skepta was originally a DJ from Broughton-based grime crew Meridian Crew, early in his career Skepta released a number of instrumentals the most notable of which were "DTI (Pirate Station Anthem)" and "Private Caller", the latter of which was released as a single and vocaled by various other members of Meridian Crew. Skepta began emceeing shortly before Meridian Crew disbanded in 2005, after which Skepta, alongside his brother JME, joined Roll Deep for a short period of time before becoming founding members of Boy Better Know in 2006. In 2006 he clashed Devilman for the DVD Lord of the Mics 2 in what is remembered as one of the biggest grime clashes. This clash created a long running dispute between the two MCs culminating in war dubs being exchanged in 2015.