• "Living Next Door to Alice" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Originally released by Australian pop band New World in 1972, the song...
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    "Living Next Door to Alice", peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and, in March 1977, reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as going to No...
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  • hit in the United Kingdom with "Sister Jane", but their next release, "Living Next Door to Alice", was a flop. However, this song would later become a worldwide...
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  • Dream" was only released as a single in Continental Europe. "Living Next Door to Alice 1990" was only released as a single in Norway. "Smokie Forever...
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  • their hit, "Living Next Door to Alice", recorded with comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown, as "Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k Is Alice)". In the early...
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    Nicky Chinn (category English emigrants to the United States)
    Chapman's next project and they had a number of hit singles with them between 1975 and 1978 including the worldwide hit "Living Next Door to Alice". In 1978...
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  • chart. After their US breakthrough, with "Living Next Door to Alice" making the Top 30, the song was re-released to serve as the followup single, but it did...
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  • which in 1995 edited the Smokie hit "Living Next Door to Alice", adding the words "Alice, who the fuck is Alice!?". The song reached number 1 in the Netherlands...
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    Roy Chubby Brown (category Living people)
    his best-known songs is "Living Next Door to Alice (Who the Fuck is Alice?)", a cover version of "Living Next Door to Alice", recorded with Smokie. The...
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  • claimed by critics to be overtly racist humour. The song, "Living Next Door to Alan", is a parody of New World's "Living Next Door to Alice", and is about...
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    "Portsmouth by Mike Oldfield, "Living Next Door to Alice" by Smokie and "Dr. Love" by Tina Charles were the songs from 1976 to reach their peak in 1977. Nineteen...
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  • continuation of the story of the other character, Sally, in "Living Next Door to Alice". The second single is "Nothing Hurts Like a Broken Heart". "Take...
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    beginning of the year, while "Portsmouth" by Mike Oldfield, "Living Next Door to Alice" by Smokie and "Dr. Love" by Tina Charles were all released in...
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  • Sixteen Tons Mickie Most 1972 142 New World Living Next Door To Alice Mickie Most 1972 143 Chapel Lord I Want To Know Nicky Chinn Mike Chapman 1972 144 Tony...
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    Howard Carpendale (category South African emigrants to Germany)
    for lifetime achievement Living Next Door to Alice, German version Ti Amo, German version Wikimedia Commons has media related to Howard Carpendale. Official...
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    reissued in 1993 as B-side to "I Don't Wanna Fight" 1995: Smokie featuring Roy 'Chubby' Brown: "Living Next Door to Alice" (spoof rendition). 1998: Ace...
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    followed by Viisitoista kesää ("Fifteen Summers," a cover of Living Next Door to Alice) and Kaipuu ("Longing", a cover of Mort Shuman's Sorrow). In later...
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    "Hold Me Now" – Thompson Twins "Kids in America" – Kim Wilde "Living Next Door to Alice" – Smokie "Pretty in Pink" – The Psychedelic Furs "Shattered Dreams"...
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  • album Tear Me Apart, produced by Nicky Chin and Mike Chapman, but it failed to chart. The track also appeared on Juice Newton's 1979 Take Heart album, as...
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  • around" planted in the chorus. "Smurfland" – based on 1972 song "Living Next Door To Alice" by Australian group New World. The song has been covered by a...
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  • Charts. Retrieved 1 June 2018. "Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman – "Time to Say Goodbye"". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 June 2018. "Celine Dion...
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  • editions, lifting "Train Song" and "The Loser" up to 10-11, and bumping the remaining bonus tracks to 13-16. Credits are adapted from the album's 1976...
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  • (1977) Mary MacGregor – "Torn Between Two Lovers" (1977) Smokie – "Living Next Door to Alice" (1977) Silvetti – "Spring Rain" (1977) Cerrone – "Love in C Minor"...
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    by Zig and Zag and "Think Twice" by Celine Dion were the singles from 1994 to reach their peak in 1995. Sixty-one artists scored multiple entries in the...
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  • record a number of songs, they are most famous for their 1972 hit single "Nice to Be with You", written by Gold. The song was arranged and produced by Dennis...
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    Alan Fletcher (actor) (category Living people)
    versions into their set, including Smokie's "Living Next Door to Alice", replacing 'Alice' with "Susan", a reference to his on-screen wife (Jackie Woodburne)...
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    Peter Koelewijn (category Living people)
    fronted the novelty group Gompie; their version of Smokie's "Living Next Door to Alice" topped the charts. In 2002, Peter and His Rockets reformed for...
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  • Johnny Carver (musician) (category Living people)
    "Afternoon Delight" (1976). Carver's last Top 40 hit was 1977's "Living Next Door to Alice", and his final charting single was a 1981 cover of ABBA's "S...
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  • October 1994 yet took until the end of January to reach the top, was the first UK number 1 single not to be available on vinyl in any form. Around the...
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    Me But That's Alright Mama" O. C. Smith – "Together" Smokie – "Living Next Door to Alice", "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" The Saints – "This Perfect...
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