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Australian singles chart:
Living Next Door to Alice entered the Kent Music Report on 28 February 1977 and peaked at #2. It was #11 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Songwriters:
Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
Producer:
Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
Record label of Australian release:
Rak
BONUS TRACKS BELOW:
Living Next Door to Alice by New World
Who the F*** is Alice by Smokie
Wikipedia:
Living Next Door to Alice was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and originally released by Australian band New World in 1972. The song later became a worldwide hit for British band Smokie.
The song is about a man’s long-standing unrequited and unadmitted love toward Alice, his next door neighbour of 24 years.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Next_Door_to_Alice
Lyrics:
Sally called when she got the word
And she said, “I suppose you′ve heard… about Alice?”
When I rushed to the window and I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes
As a big limousine rolled up, into Alice’s drive
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BONUS TRACKS
The original version of Living Next Door to Alice by New World entered the Kent singles chart on 15 January 1973 and peaked at #20.
Alternate version below of the song by Smokie, re-titled Who the F*** is Alice
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