So Alive (Ryan Adams song)

"So Alive"
Single by Ryan Adams
from the album Rock n Roll
Released2004
GenreRock
LabelLost Highway Records
Songwriter(s)Ryan Adams / Johnny T. Yerington
Producer(s)James Barber
Ryan Adams singles chronology
"Nuclear"
(2002) 		"So Alive"
(2004) 		"This Is It"
(2004)
Music video
"So Alive" on YouTube

"So Alive" is a song by singer-songwriter Ryan Adams from his 2003 album Rock n Roll. The song was co-written with Johnny T. Yerington[1] and was released as a single in 2004.[2]

In a 2003 interview with VH1, Adams talked about the song's background: "It was the last song [on the album] to have lyrics. It was the last day of making the record. I got up... walked down to Stuyvesant City Cove and watched the boats go by... I wanted to write a song about how romantic I was feeling. [The song] has a super big falsetto. I don't know where the hell that came from."[3]

The song was Adams' biggest hit overseas, reaching No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart.

  1. ^ Rock n Roll (Media notes). Ryan Adams. Universal City, CA: UMG Recordings, Inc. 2003. B0001376-02.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "So Alive (Canada CD) - Ryan Adams: Allmusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  3. ^ Ives, Brian; Bottomley, C. (2003-10-30). "VH1.com: Ryan Adams: Spouting Off About Rock 'n' Roll". VH1.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2003. Retrieved 2011-01-29.