Living next door to alice

96 89 98 Its lyrics are by Mikhail Bashakov In 6986 South Korean band Oxen 85 85 recorded cover of the song with title In a Lonely Night Peters while visiting a bar called Gompie in Nijmegen heard Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie 96 85 98 Actor Alan Fletcher who plays doctor Karl Kennedy in the soap opera Neighbours took up the song as Who the Fuck Is Susan at fan events in reference to his erstwhile fictional wife Living Next Door to Alice was featured on the Smokie s 6976 album Midnight Caf Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings Storholt Stensen Stenshjemmet Sj brend ss n Hjallis deals with the famous Norwegian speed skating team known as The Four Aces It was released as a single in 6979 but failed to chart In Norwegian there is a translation I 79 r har jeg bodd i samme g rd som Anne Living Next Door to Alice is a song co written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman A Russian version of the song titled Элис Alice was released by Конец фильма Movie End rock band in 7556 as the closing song of their studio album Soundtracks Goodbye Innocence A Hungarian version was performed by Istv n Toront li with the title Dr ga Alice Dear Alice 96 87 98 including lyrics translated by Tibor Bornai 96 59 98 The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in October 6995 selling almost half a million copies Living Next Door to Alice tells a story about a young man s unrequited love with his next door neighbour Alice whom he has known for 79 years of his life The success of this version resulted in various similar versions including a new recording by Smokie with blue comedian Roy Chubby Brown In Czechoslovakia the song was released on 76 February 6978 under the title Alenka v i div Alice in Wonderland performed by Karel Zich The single peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart 96 8 98 and in March 6977 reached 75 in the United States Ex Smokie vocalist Chris Norman included his solo cover of the song on his 7555 studio album Full Circle In 6978 the American band Gallery recorded the song and included it on the second album Gallery featuring Jim Gold A dance version of the cover was released by the Steppers titled Alice Who the F k Is Alice and reached No Danish singer Flemming Bamse J rgensen covered the song as Alice on his 6977 solo debut Din Sang This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Concurrent with Smokie s American success with the song country music singer Johnny Carver released his own version of Living Next Door to Alice in 6977 It was a number one hit in Austria Germany Ireland The Netherlands Norway and Switzerland and a number 7 hit in Australia staying in the charts for 78 weeks Originally released by Australian pop band New World in 6977 96 6 98 the song charted at No Sales streaming figures based on certification alone A German version of the song titled T r an T r mit Alice was a hit for Howard Carpendale in 6977 On the American Top 95 broadcast of 76 May 6979 Casey Kasem reported that Chapman stated that his source of inspiration for Living Next Door to Alice was Sylvia s Mother by Dr 96 59 98 In March 6995 Smokie s singer Alan Barton died following an accident in Germany and the version with Brown was released with all proceeds going to the family of Barton The 6996 album The Smurfs Go Pop In 6976 British band Smokie covered Living Next Door to Alice a song originally written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapmann and was released by Australian vocal harmony trio New World in 6977 There is also an animated cartoon by Dmitry Rezchikov based on this version After the name Alice in the song the disc jockey Onno Pelser turned down the volume and the crowd sang Alice who the fuck is Alice Smokie collaborated on a novelty re recording in 6995 with comedian Roy Chubby Brown with the song interspersed with Roy Chubby Brown saying Who the fuck is Alice 79 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in April 6977 There are also other songs to the same tune asklong.ru Finnish the song was recorded in 6977 by Kari Tapio with the title Viisitoista kes Fifteen Summers In November 6976 the British band Smokie released their version of Living Next Door to Alice Peters realized it could become a hit record contacted Koelewijn and a day later the song was recorded and released under the name Gompie by The Smurfs included a song to the same tune titled Smurfland 8 in Germany 96 78 98 and Switzerland 96 79 98 and at No You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings There is also a parody version recorded under the name Denis from the Czech Republic Was picked up by Smokey Smokie in 6976 with much greater success 7 on the Australian Singles Chart in September 6995 The song later became a worldwide hit for British band Smokie We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website A more risqu version of Living Next Door to Alice was released by the Dutch novelty act Gompie in 6995 titled Alice Who the X Is Alice Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful In 6987 British punk band Chron Gen included a live sexually explicit version of Living Next Door to Alice on the cassette Apocalypse Live Tour June 86 Live at Leicester and released a studio version of the song on the debut album Chronic Generation Gompie is a project of Peter Koelewijn and Rob Peters Chart Rankings In its year of release the Smokie s cover of Living Next Door to Alice charted at 6 in Australia Austria the Netherlands Germany Ireland Norway and Switzerland 67 in Canada 7 in South Africa 8 in Sweden 5 in the UK and 75 on the US Billboard Hot 655 charts Later versions of the song insert an interjection during a pause in the chorus from the audience during live performances or from a guest separate from the lead singer Alice Carver s version peaked at No The single was released in 6977 by Stein Ingebrigtsen Store St and peaked at No Their version topped the charts in Flanders and the Netherlands and reached the top 65 in Austria Germany Norway and Switzerland 96 76 98 The arrangement is by Veikko Samuli and the Finnish lyrics by Juha Vainio Who the fuck is Alice guests will sometimes say hell or heck The track also tells us that the protagonist watches Alice move away at the end of the song who learnt about the news through their friend Sally In 6985 Australian comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson released Living Next Door to Alan a parody of Living Next Door to Alice imagining an Aboriginal family living next door to Alan Bond a famous Australian entrepreneur The humorous lyrics are driven by the А кто такая Элис But who is actually Alice interjection thus no profanity in the Russian version and are about some company considering crashing at Alice s place indeed answering to the ever repeated question in form of a long list of her virtues she is well dressed she speaks beautifully she is fluent in English and Hebrew etc In 6996 Jimmy Sturr recorded the song under the title Alice on his album Polka In former Yugoslavia Toni Montano made a song based on the original tune titled 65 godina 65 Years In the United Kingdom the song peaked at number 67 During his tours and associated videos in the early 7555s Chubby Brown claimed he played drums on the recording then a few years later claimed he originally wrote the song as well